From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: simple problem?
Date: 1996/05/10
Date: 1996-05-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Dr7I7o.DwK@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Dr6tqL.217@bton.ac.uk
In article <Dr6tqL.217@bton.ac.uk>, John English <je@bton.ac.uk> wrote:
>Frank Cheung (fktc101@york.ac.uk) wrote:
>: When I try to compile the code below, I get the following error:
>: "/usr/Ada/lib/sequential_i.A", line 67: error:
>: generic formal private type element_type has unconstrained
>
>: package TEXT_IO is new SEQUENTIAL_IO(STRING);
> The problem is that String is an unconstrained type; ...
Sequential_IO allows unconstrained arrays. Direct_IO does not.
Other posters are correct that you probably want to be using the
predefined Text_IO package, and certainly declaring your own thing
called Text_IO, different from the predefined version, is bad form.
- Bob
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-05-09 0:00 simple problem? Frank Cheung
1996-05-10 0:00 ` John Herro
1996-05-10 0:00 ` John English
1996-05-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1996-05-13 0:00 ` John English
1996-05-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-14 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-05-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-05-10 0:00 ` Kevin D. Heatwole
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