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On 02/10/2018 04:03 AM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
> Why do you think this is correct? I can't read 3.10.2(32/5) in a way which
> would prevent using a formal subprogram in this way (assuming that the
> profile matches, which is does trivially in this case). Indeed, there is
> specifically an exception allowing "an anonymous access type of an access
> parameter."

IIRC, you can't take 'Access of some attributes that act as subprograms, but you 
can use them as the actual for a generic formal subprogram. So a generic can't 
take 'Access of a generic formal subprogram.

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Jeff Carter
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