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Subject: Re: Creating a generic package with and setting its type to that of a
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From: Andrew Shvets <andrew.shvets@gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 10:09:01 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> On 09/27/2016 06:02 PM, Andrew Shvets wrote:
> > Lets say I have this code:
> > 
> > 
> > generic
> >   type Custom_Record_Type is <>; 
> > package Gener is
> >   ...
> > 
> > 
> > What I'd like to do is set the type to that of a record (which has some overloaded operators, such as >, < and =.)  Can this be done?  If so, how?
> 
> This is an invalid generic formal type definition, so you can't do anything with it.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Carter
> "I did not rob a bank. If I'd robbed a bank, everything
> would be great. I tried to rob a bank, is what happened,
> and they got me."
> Take the Money and Run
> 139

So if I have this record in another package and it works, I can't use it in my code example?