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From: hreba <hreba@terra.com.br>
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Subject: Re: Pass a serial port as user data in a GTK callback handler?
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 13:14:48 -0300
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On 02/16/2014 04:45 AM, Niklas Holsti wrote:

> Give the type a name so that it isn't "anonymous":
>
>     type Port_Ref is access all GNAT.Serial_Communications.Serial_Port;
>
>     port : Port_Ref;
>
> Also remember to mark the actual Serial_Port object as "aliased" so that
> you can take its 'Access.

It is the first time I stumbled about anonymous types. Looked it up in 
my Ada book (it is in one of the last chapters). Thanks for the 
clarification.
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