From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.164.225 with SMTP id yt1mr23597666pab.32.1437894682874; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 00:11:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.100.136 with SMTP id s8mr34512qge.13.1437894682593; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 00:11:22 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!enother.net!enother.net!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!pg9no4059278igb.0!news-out.google.com!b31ni699qge.0!nntp.google.com!69no1981236qgl.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 00:11:22 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.203.145.32; posting-account=AFCLjAoAAABJAOf_HjgEEEi3ty-lG5m2 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.203.145.32 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Why does `Unchecked_Deallocation` need the access type? From: EGarrulo Injection-Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 07:11:22 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 1234 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2584894122 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:27008 Date: 2015-07-26T00:11:22-07:00 List-Id: The `Free` procedure to deallocate an object is declared like this: procedure Free is new Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation(Object_Type, Object_Access_Type); Yet the access parameter seems redundant. Why is it necessary to specify it?