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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: C/C++ programmer giving Ada95 a chance -- writing an emulator.
Date: 2000/04/02
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In article <38E621C2.87B64ED9@averstar.com>,
  Tucker Taft <stt@averstar.com> wrote:

> > What is going on here?
> > It look like the assigments throw away the tag (like Cohen
> > says it should) but the initializer keeps the tag.
>
> That would be a bug.  The tag is *not* determined by the
> initial value if the target type is "specific" (as opposed to
> classwide). The tag *is* determined by the initial value if
> the target type is classwide.

I certainly agree, and so, for all the examples I tried, does
GNAT, so I am not exactly sure what program Geoff is running
here! Part of the trouble is that if you don't have the exact
complete text, there can be confusion.


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