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Subject: Re: how to force the Small aspect of a new type derived from
 the generic formal type ?
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:35:36 -0000 (UTC)
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Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> ...; you can't use most representation 
> aspects on a type derived from a generic formal type.
> 
> Even if you were not in a generic unit, you can't usually put representation 
> aspects on a derived type (they usually have to match the original type). 

The “usually” calls attention to types derived from others
precisely to make their objects have a representation
that differs from those of the original type. (The case 
when a type conversion changes the representation.)
Plausibly, this feature does not blend with types being generic
in any sense.