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On 10/29/19 9:17 AM, briot.emmanuel@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>      use type GNAT.String_Split.Slice_Number;
> 
> or
>      use GNAT.String_Split;

or

function "-" (Left  : GNAT.String_Split.Slice_Number;
               Right : GNAT.String_Split.Slice_Number)
return GNAT.String_Split.Slice_Number renames GNAT.String_Split."-";

or

GNAT.String_Split."-" (Left, Right)

There are more ways to get around lack of visibility than just use clauses.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"You cheesy lot of second-hand electric donkey-bottom biters."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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