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Subject: Re: This can't be done in Ada...or?
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"Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Another change you could make that might make a difference is to change:
>
>     Name : constant String := Expanded_Name (T'Tag);
>
> to:
>
>     Name : constant String := T'External_Tag;
>
> That way you can make PragmARC.Reflection "pragma Preelaborate" and not
> have any dependency on "Ada.Tags". This change works with at least GNAT
> 3.15p and ObjectAda 7.2.2.

External_Tag can be specified (and thus changed); Expanded_Name cannot.

In any case, Ada.Tags is Preelaborated in Ada 2005, so this is not
necessary. (Everyone should start using Ada 2005, immediately, right? :-)

                    Randy Brukardt.