Re: Global scope for instantiated generic package? - Solved!

[Trogdor <bgates@aol.com>]

Thanks to all who read and responded.  I think I figured it out.

1) My first problem was getting the correct name of the package.  
All of my texts (which turned out to be for Ada 83) used 
"Integer_IO" as the generic package in their examples.  Under GNAT 
the package is Ada.Text_IO.Integer_IO.  Your examples got me 
thinking on those lines and I examined the package specs to get the 
correct name.  I have also ordered newer Ada 95 books :-).

2) There was an issue with nesting packages.  I was able to 
instantiate BigInt within my existing package and then refference it 
with BigInt.put, etc.  It may also be possible to make it directly 
visable by creating a packge spec which instantiates the generic, 
but does not use a "package name is".  Gnat appears to have done 
that.  But I am satisfied with the first method.

3) I am now going through all of GNAT's package specs to see what 
treasures might be hidden there.  If nothing else, that should get 
me good Ada Karma. :-)

Thanks again to all.



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