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From: "Rick Santa-Cruz" <rick_santa_cruz75@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: What is derived?
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 00:02:51 +0200
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Hi,

thanks for your answer!

>> At least I think, that private-methods are inherited, or am I wrong?
>
> If by "private-methods" you mean "subprograms declared in the private
> part of the package spec", then yes and no. They will be derived if
> they are visible at the point of derivation.
What do you mean with visible at the point of deriviation? For example if a 
procedure is declared after the a type is derived, then is this procedure 
not visible? Are there more special cases?

Thanks in advance,
Rick