Re: Another problem with "interface"

[Robert_Matthews <ignored@ramatthews.free-online.co.uk>]

Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> Uhm, I think that, still, you can call functions
> that will assign the (already existing) return
> objcect. Which was, IIUC, the point of coining the
> word "constructor function".
> 
>   X: constant New_A_T := Set_A;
> 
> http://www.adacore.com/2007/05/28/gem-3/

Indeed, that is my intent.
Note that if I use an ordinary record type, e.g.

 type New_A_Type is new A_Type with ...

then GNAT compiles things OK; it is when
I use a protected type it complains.

Robert