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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: for S'Image use Func??
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 21:10:56 -0500
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"Adam Beneschan" <adam@irvine.com> wrote in message 
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On May 6, 10:10 am, Warren <ve3...@gmail.com> wrote:
...
>Broadly, you can't use a FOR attribute specification on every
>attribute, just a few select ones that the language specifically says
>you can.  'Image isn't one of those.
>
>I think it's been mentioned a few times on this newsgroup that it
>might be nice to have this ability, but I don't see that anyone has
>submitted an actual language change proposal.

I believe we looked at it semi-seriously back during the Ada 2005, but we 
ran into some problems (I don't recall the details - might have been 
visibility) and decided it wasn't worth the headache.

It would probably be possible with some work.

                                     Randy.