Re: Problem when overloading a procedure

["David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>]

JIMHER@yanoesladirecci�n.com <vtis0102@CACANOps.uib.es> wrote in message
news:MPG.121fca311abf8d5b98999b@news.bcn.ttd.net...
> I'm writing a program, and I have found a problem when I try to overload
> a procedure. The program is:
>
> procedure program is
>
>    type MyType is array(1..10) of character;
>
>    procedure proc(s:in string) is
>    begin
>       put_line("Original string");
>    end proc;
>
>    procedure proc(s:in MyType) is
>    begin
>       put_line("My type");
>    end proc;
>
> begin
>    proc("hello");
> end program;
>
> The problem is that, when I compile the program, the compiler says that
> is unable to select between the two forms of 'proc'. I suppose that it is
> because the compiler can't decide if the literal "hello" is of type
> string or MyType, so I tried
>
> ...
> begin
>    proc(string("hello"));
> end program;
>
> but the compiler didn't accept it.
>
Your analysis was correct, and your solution was almost correct.
it should have been

proc(string'("hello"));

See RM 4.7