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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Creating a generic package with and setting its type to that of a
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:57:09 +0100
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> "Simon Wright" <simon@pushface.org> wrote in message 
> news:ly60pg5z3x.fsf@pushface.org...
> ...
>> You could instantiate it for Integer, but I'm not sure what operation
>> would be used if you tried "<=", for instance; the composition of
>> your generic actuals, or the emergent "<=" of Integer.
>
> Neither. "<=" would be undefined (inside the generic) with the
> specification you gave. Outside the generic, you of course would use
> Integer's operators (because they're visible). You never have
> visibility on formal subprograms outside of the generic (that is, via
> the instance).

Of course - thanks, Randy.

I was confused, I suppose, by "/=" vs "=" [ARM 6.6(6)]