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From: defaria@hpclapd.HP.COM (Andy DeFaria)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Defered Constants in Ada
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Date: 13 Sep 90 21:14:54 GMT
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>/ hpclapd:comp.lang.ada / defaria@hpclapd.HP.COM (Andy DeFaria) /  2:00 pm  Sep 12, 1990 /

>I have been trying to  use defered constants in  Ada and I have  been  have
>some problems.  Everything  seems to be   OK  if the   type of the  defered
>constant is local but if the type is imported then  the compiler issues the
>error message that follows:

Thanks for the email responses to this question.  It turns out that this is
explicitly forbidden by the Ada LRM 7.4 (4)  with states that the type mark
for the defered constant must but declared in the same package.

Stupid me!  I know RTFM, RTFM, RTFM....