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From: Philippe Tarroux <philippe.tarroux@limsi.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Dot notation in Ada 2005
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:14:05 +0200
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I am testing some features of the new Ada 2005 version. Here a simple 
problem that seems to me rather a gnat bug than a limitation of the 
norm. With the code:

------
package Objs is

  type Point is tagged null record;

end Objs;

------
package Objs.ext_objs is

  type New_Point is new Point With private;
  function X (P : New_Point) return Integer;

private
  type New_Point is new Point with record
     X1, Y1 : Integer := 0;
  end record;
end Objs.ext_objs;

------
package body Objs.Ext_Objs is

  function X (P : New_Point) return Integer is
  begin
     return P.X1;
  end X;

  procedure Test ( A : Integer; Y : Integer) is
  begin
     null;
  end Test;

  procedure Draw (A : Integer; P : New_Point) is
  begin
     Test (A, P.X);  -- PROBLEM HERE
  end Draw;

end Objs.Ext_Objs;

i get a compilation error ("no selector X for private type P") when P.X 
is not the first argument of the function Test.

It seems to me a rather strange behavior.

Some explanation?

Philippe Tarroux