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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: renames usage
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 14:20:05 +0100
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On 2021-01-01 13:39, DrPi wrote:

> Reading all the answers, I understand that :
>      X : Float renames Random (Seed);
> is equivalent to :
>      X : constant Float := Random (Seed);
> 
> Right ?

You must keep in mind that renaming ignores subtype contraints. So:

    X : Integer := -1;
    Y : Positive renames X; -- Let's fool ourselves
begin
    Put_Line ("A positive number " & Integer'Image (Y));

Will happily print "A positive number -1."

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