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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Constructor functions and extension aggregate
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:02:19 -0400
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christoph.grein@eurocopter.com writes:

> On 12 Mrz., 14:37, Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homep...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Consider:
>>
>> http://www.adacore.com/2007/10/01/ada-gem-11/
>>
>> The constructor function P.Make_T has:
>>
>> � �return (Name => To_Unbounded_String (Name), others => <>);
>>
>> Shouldn't it be rather:
>>
>> � �return (Ada.Finalization.Limited_Controlled with
>> � � � Name => To_Unbounded_String (Name));
>
> Most probably you're right. However the theme of this gem was how to
> use constructor functions for limited type, not how to implement them.
> Thus this must be an oversight of the author. I guess he even should
> have said:
>
>     return (Ada.Finalization.Limited_Controlled with
>             Name => To_Unbounded_String (Name), others => <>);

Yes, that's what I meant.

- Bob