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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: access types
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:57:17 -0400
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:54:15 -0400, Robert A Duff wrote:
>
>> Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au> writes:
>> 
>>>         V := U;
>> 
>> Try V := U.all'Access.
>
> No, that won't work, because the access types are pool-specific.

Ah, thanks, I missed that.

>... It is a
> nasty problem one has to fight all the way when dealing with tagged types
> and pool-specific access types.
>
> Sorry, Brian, you probably have to resort to Unchecked_Conversion or else
> add "all" to your access types.

"Doctor, it hurts when I forget 'all'."

"So don't do that."

;-)

Access-to-classwide should normally use "all".
In fact, you won't go too far wrong if you always say "all"
for all named access-to-variable types.

Unch_Conv is not the right solution, here!

- Bob