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On Nov 23, 1:38=A0pm, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
>
> Declare your type to have unknown discriminants:
>
> package P is
> =A0 =A0type T (<>) -- unknown discriminants: objects requires
> initialization

Nice, thanks. I knew it was something along these lines...

>
> You can also make your type controlled or limited controlled. You can
> expose the controlledness in the public part or hide it in the private
> part.

This raises a good point, actually - I've never really been sure what
the advantage is of exposing the controlledness (or hiding it, for
that
matter). I hide everything by habit but I'm not sure if I'm causing
a consumer deep problems down the line...

Regards,
xw