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Subject: Re: Referring to the instance of a generic parent package
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:55:08 +0200
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On 10/23/19 2:54 PM, Alejandro R. Mosteo wrote:
> I have the following situation:
> 
>     generic
>     package Parent is ... end Parent;
> 
>     generic
>        with package P is new Parent (<>);
>     package Sibling is ... end Sibling;
> 
>     generic
>     package Parent.Child is
> 
>        package A_Sibling is new Sibling (Parent);
>        --  Works in GNAT CE 2019
>        --  Error in FSF 7.4:
>        --    "Expect package instance to instantiate formal"
> 
>     end Parent.Child

GNAT 9.1.0 also gives this error.

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Jeff Carter
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