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From: Marius Amado Alves <maa@liacc.up.pt>
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Subject: Re: library level required or not?
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:49:47 +0000
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Date: 2004-03-01T18:49:47+00:00

Myself:
> I have in my notes that an object, of a type declared in package Ada or
> descendants, is not required to be defined at library level, even if th=
e
> type is controlled. (I know I can declare unbounded strings, which are
> clearly controlled, in a 'main' procedure.)
>
> I vaguely recall deriving this rule from the RM, but now I cannot find =
the
> clause. Is the rule true? By what clause?

Ok, I found Ada Issue 115, which clarifies that "a language-defined gener=
ic=20
package may be instantiated at any nesting depth."

I'm still in the dark regarding unbounded strings though, as=20
Ada.Strings.Unbounded is not generic.