Re: pointers and protected objects

[Adam Beneschan <adambeneschan@gmail.com>]

On Friday, October 17, 2014 5:51:43 AM UTC-7, tonyg wrote:
> I can create pointers to protected objects, but how do I initialise the protected object as it is a limited type and the syntax
> 
> po_ptr := new Po_Type'(Po_Type_Instance) would not be allowed

That syntax would mean that a new protected object would be created and Po_Type_Instance would be copied to it.  But you can't copy protected objects.  

You can, however, say

    po_ptr := new Po_Type;

or

    po_ptr := new Po_Type'(Some_Function(...));

where Some_Function is a function that returns a Po_Type.

                                -- Adam