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Date: 2002-07-06T17:49:24-05:00

Hi, 

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but 

package Whatever is

    type Something is private;

    procedure Some_Procedure (Thing : Something);

private

    type Internal_Something;

    type Something is access Internal_Something;

end Whatever;

package body Whatever is

    type Internal_Something is new Integer;
    -- Whatever type you define

    procedure Some_Procedure (Thing : Something) is
    begin
        null;
    end Some_Procedure;

end Whatever;

The item of interest being the incomplete definition of
"Internal_Something" in the package specification.

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