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Subject: Re: I have no idea why this will not compile.
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On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 2:47:31 AM UTC-4, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> On 01.05.16 05:22, John Smith wrote:
> > This is the ADS file that I have:
> > http://pastebin.ca/3587453
> >
> > And this is the error message that I get:
> > http://pastebin.ca/3587456
> >
> > Ever since I've added the File_Type, I've gotten this error message.  Is it impossible for me to store this value in an instance of a record?
> 
> The technical reason was already stated.
> 
> To solve, it's worth isolating the places in the program that will
> actually be needing the File_Type component. I think the solution
> will show it as a redundancy of the full type's definition.

The hope was that I could keep everything inside of the object and open/close 
the file once (the closing would be done in the destructor.)  I'll need to read 
up on Ada pointers to better understand what I'm getting myself into.