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On 02/10/2018 12:57 PM, Mehdi Saada wrote:
> while we're at it, how would I write in SPARK
> type Cell is
>     record
>        Next: access Cell;
>        Value: Integer;
>     end record;

You can't. SPARK doesn't have access types.

You could build a bounded list instead, or put a SPARK wrapper around 
Ada.Containers.Doubly_Linked_Lists (if you accept that it's correct).

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