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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: protected objects and external call
Date: 22 Jan 2004 13:28:23 -0500
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evangeli@cnam.fr (Evangelista Sami) writes:

> in RM-9.5.1 we see there is a difference between external and internal
> protected calls. Let's consider the following code
> ----------------------------------
> protected type Prot is
>    procedure P;
> end Prot;
> My_Prots : array (1..10) of Prot;
> 
> protected body Prot is
> 
>    procedure P is
>    begin
>       .....
>       My_Prots(5).P;
>       ....
>    end;
> 
> end Prot;
> ----------------------------------
> 
> Is the call "My_Prots(5).P" always considered as an external call or
> is it an internal call if the object on which is executed the
> procedure is My_Prots(5) ?

Always external.  The rule is in RM-9.5(3-4), and it's based on the form
of name used, not on some sort of run-time decision.

- Bob