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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: package body
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:05:58 +0100
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Stribor40 <ikamzic@gmail.com> writes:

> I have following....
>
> package spec file
> package body which contains one function and one procedure and one
> global variable

I would call this variable package-local, since nothing outside the
package body can see it.

> I would like to access this global variable(with its data) from client
> file.

What is a "client file"? Is it another Ada package/subprogram?

> Is there anything wrong with doing g it this way and if there is
> better way to do this?

Unless I've misunderstood you, you *can't* do it this way. I suppose you
could put the variable in the (public part of) the package spec. You
might alternatively provide accessor operations; that way you could
control/validate accesses and only let the "clients" see the data you
want them to.