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From: "Steve Doiel" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com>
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Subject: Re: Package instance???
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"Yates" <yates_1900@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am new to Ada. I'd like to know if it is possible to create multiple
> instances of a package. For example, if I have a package 'My_Package',
can
> I do something like:
>
> p1 : My_Package := new My_Package
> p2 : My_Package := new My_Package
> .....
>
> I tried this and didn't work. Is there other ways to do it?
>

Just to round out the discussion, yes you can do something kind of like
that, but that's probably not what your really want....

If your current package is defined as:

package My_Package is
... your package spec declarations here
end My_Package;

package body My_Package is
... your package implementation code here
end My_Package;

You can change your package spec to:
generic
package My_Package is
... your package spec declarations here
end My_Package;

And then you can define:

  p1 is new My_Package;
  p2 is new My_Package;

Which will create two instances of a My_Package.
I don't know your background, but if you have C++ for comparison a generic
in Ada is kind of like a template in C++, not an object.

I hope this helps,
SteveD

> Thanks
>
> Yates
>
>