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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Generic formal access types
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:42:50 -0400
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How about

generic
   type Access_Type is private;
   Null_Value : Access_Type;

-CRM

"Rodrigo Garc�a" <rodrigo.garcia.ARROBA.epfl.ch> wrote in message
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> Does anybody know why Ada does not have something like:
>
> generic
>     type Access_Type is access (<>);  --  ?
>