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Subject: Re: Creating a generic package with and setting its type to that of a
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:08:59 -0700
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On 09/27/2016 06:02 PM, Andrew Shvets wrote:
> Lets say I have this code:
> 
> 
> generic
>   type Custom_Record_Type is <>; 
> package Gener is
>   ...
> 
> 
> What I'd like to do is set the type to that of a record (which has some overloaded operators, such as >, < and =.)  Can this be done?  If so, how?

This is an invalid generic formal type definition, so you can't do anything with it.

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