Re: Ada: Inheritance of generics

[Dennis Hoppe <dennis.hoppe@hoppinet.de>]

Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:39:05 +0200, Dennis Hoppe wrote:
> 
>> -- child unit
>> generic
>>    -- omitted
>> package Generic_Child is
>>    type Object is new Generic_Parent.Object with private;
> 
> This is illegal. Generic_Parent is a generic unit, you cannot refer to
> anything within it without either instantiation of, or else from a generic
> child unit of. Generic_Child is not a child package of Generic_Parent.


Hmm...this line is really a left over from simple inheritance without 
generic unit, but the Ada compiler does not complain about it.

> P.S. Except for trivial cases, it is always better to post complete code
> samples.

I thought, this example was exhaustive: parent, child, instantiation.

Best regards,
   Dennis