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On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 9:17:49 AM UTC-5, Victor Porton wrote:
> In Ada2012 Is there any difference between
>=20
> F(X, ...)
>=20
> and
>=20
> X.F(...)
>=20
> provided that X is a value of a tagged type of class-wide type?=09

The overload resolution rules are different.  Of course, anytime that diffe=
rence actually matters in code--other than compiler tests--is pretty silly.=
  For example, X could have a component F which is an array with arguments =
compatible with the function F...