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"Stephen Leake" <stephen_leake@acm.org> wrote in message
...
> >    type AA is array (Index) of A;
> >    for AA'Size use A'Size * Index'Last;  -- Not allowed!!!!!
>
>      for AA'Size use A'Size * Max_Index;

The trouble here is that A'Size is not static (A being a composite type);
Index'Last *is* static. So you've solved the wrong problem. :-)

                Randy.