From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.ams3.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams3.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border4.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Generics and Child Packages Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:19:57 -0500 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1376338798 21611 69.95.181.76 (12 Aug 2013 20:19:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:19:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Original-Bytes: 1515 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:182995 Date: 2013-08-12T15:19:57-05:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:d717e583-7238-439e-b60e-c3d0f2177640@googlegroups.com... >Does anyone have any tips or tricks when it comes to using child packages >and generics? Sure. Don't do it. The rules surrounding those are so complex to implement that there is little chance that any compiler has them correct. So you're pretty much guarenteeing yourself headaches and non-portable code. Randy.