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: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Generic Embedded List Nodes Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 05:45:51 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <66c14298-c62d-4f4b-b0c0-e969454f9334@googlegroups.com> <2e39857a-7121-476b-807a-d2bff1e598f4@googlegroups.com> <431af616-7df3-4e4d-9262-26ed68cb74c7@googlegroups.com> <037df2b8-b9c4-4447-87ee-cc89d7072b30@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="15bacc9237911e76a94be23536470c55"; logging-data="2267"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+eUBk69Pe3otTZUEHn2ddS5tBuwvFtPYM=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:kd5hBaQbOm5dmvuTzxNoGfsQ2FY= sha1:4/Lt/TXfPoqxAdyj4cpcBeGhOhQ= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:30806 Date: 2016-06-19T05:45:51+01:00 List-Id: Warren writes: > type Node_Type(Obj: access Object_Type := Obj'Access) is new Emb_Node > with null record; You could try type Node_Type(Discr : access Object_Type := Obj'Access) is new Emb_Node with null record; to avoid the name clash, but there is no Obj here to take 'Access of. The compilable way to write this would be type Node_Type(Obj: access Object_Type) is new Emb_Node with null record; or, better in most cases, type Node_Type(Obj: access Object_Type) is new Emb_Node with null record;