Re: how to create a record

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.not.jrcarter@acm.not.spam.org>]

markww wrote:
> 
> with Ada.Text_IO;
> 
>     type struct_device is
>         record
>            major_number : Integer          := 0;
>            minor_number : Integer          := 0;
>         end record;

This is a declaration. It goes in a declarative region, between "is" and 
"begin".

> procedure Ada_LinkedList is

Like here.

> begin
>    Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line("Hello, world!");
>    Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line("just terrible!");
> end Ada_LinkedList;
> 
> I tried creating a record like in the above example, and compiling with
> gnatmake but get the error:

What you have is a record type declaration. To create a record object 
you have to declare an object of the type:

Object : Struct_Device;

Since you declare no objects of the type, the declaration serves no 
purpose, so you can achieve the same effect by deleting the type 
declaration.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"I soiled my armor, I was so scared."
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