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On 26 oct, 12:05, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
> (I'm OK, thank you, and qute busy with the Debian Policy for Ada and
> gnat-4.4....)
Yes, I know (I've read your previous announcement about it)

On 26 oct, 12:05, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
> I think this is at least consistent: the values of subprogram
> parameters are also invisible outside the subprogram. Making "in out"
> generic formal variables visible outside the generic would be
> dangerous IMHO. As for generic formal types, subprograms, packages and
> constants... why not.
>
> --
> Ludovic Brenta.
I did not though about this "in out" formal parameter, because I never
use it.
This may be a good reason, why not, I will think about it if I ever
use it.