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"Simon Wright" <simon@pushface.org> wrote in message
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> Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@attbi.com> writes:
>
> > use "is <>" for "=" then the user only needs to explicitly specify
> > it if it isn't named "=".
>
> I had a case (OA7.2, I can't get 7.2.1 to install properly) where I
> had to have 'function Eq' rather than 'function "="' as a generic
> formal subprogram, or it got confused.

Can't you just say:

generic
   type T is private;
   with function Eq (L, R : T) return Boolean is "=";
package GP is