From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!newsfeed.xs3.de!io.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED.rrsoftware.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Recommendation of safe subset of Ada to use? Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 19:22:16 -0500 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <9839db28-b6c6-44c9-9d36-336a39c12f25@googlegroups.com> <3d48e916-7ec1-4e01-9a9d-1d8c3c81061f@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 00:22:17 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="rrsoftware.com:24.196.82.226"; logging-data="5025"; mail-complaints-to="news@jacob-sparre.dk" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.7246 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52082 Date: 2018-05-07T19:22:16-05:00 List-Id: "onox" wrote in message news:3d48e916-7ec1-4e01-9a9d-1d8c3c81061f@googlegroups.com... ... > function Inner (Value : access procedure (P2 : Integer)) return > Proc_Access is > begin > return Value; > end Inner; I believe this is outright illegal; the accessibility of an anonymous access-to-subprogram is "infinite", and the accessibility of Proc_Access is not, so it is not allowed. There's not supposed to be any legal conversion to "regular" access-to-subprogram types. Again, if allowed, report it as a bug. Randy.