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From: randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol)
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Subject: Re: "type X is abstract tagged limited private"
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:12:36 +0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:01:07 +0200, Sebastian wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm pretty new in Ada programming and a have seen this in a code example
> 
> pragma pure;
> type X is abstract tagged limited private;
> procedure y(a : in X);
> private
> type X is abstract tagged limited null record;
> 
> what is the meaning of this?

I recommend that you get a good textbook:

Ada as A Second Language
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0070116075/qid=1000289345/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b_1/107-1988258-7344505>

is very good.

A quick introduction on Ada 95 can be found here:

http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~dale/ada/aln.html

Preben Randhol