From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,59e1f81123faf689 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-25 18:21:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: what means the " ' " in use with a record type? References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.115.105.155 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1030324848 ST000 67.115.105.155 (Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:20:48 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:20:48 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: OH\IRYOGTRUSP_@YMZJ\_Q\@TJ_ZTB\MV@B@LWQHBATBTSUBYFWEAE[YJLYPIWKHTFCMZKVMB^[Z^DOBRVVMOSPFHNSYXVDIE@X\BUC@GTSX@DL^GKFFHQCCE\G[JJBMYDYIJCZM@AY]GNGPJD]YNNW\GSX^GSCKHA[]@CCB\[@LATPD\L@J\\PF]VR[QPJN Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 01:20:48 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28402 Date: 2002-08-26T01:20:48+00:00 List-Id: > if Node were derived from N without any extensions, then x's value could > be of either Node or N. A qualified expression is normally only needed when there is an ambiguity like this and you need to tell the compiler which you mean. But in the case of allocators with initial value, you _always_ have to use a qualified expression, regardless of whether there's an ambiguity or not. Why the inconsistency? For documentation purposes?