From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: what means the " ' " in use with a record type?
Date: 26 Aug 2002 13:41:52 -0700
Date: 2002-08-26T20:41:53+00:00 [thread overview]
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tmoran@acm.org wrote in message news:<rC_99.324$gK6.29595828@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>...
> If x is an access to type node, why is the qualified expression needed,
> while it's not needed in:
> type fruits is (apple, orange, banana);
> type colors is (red, orange, yellow);
> color : colors;
> fruit : fruits;
> begin
> color := orange;
> fruit := orange;
Because you cannot look inside an aggregate to determine its type. See RM
for details, and AARM for motivational information.
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2002-08-23 20:16 ` what means the " ' " in use with a record type? tmoran
2002-08-24 13:19 ` Robert Dewar
2002-08-25 6:15 ` tmoran
2002-08-25 15:42 ` Ben Brosgol
2002-08-25 23:29 ` Steven Deller
2002-08-26 1:20 ` tmoran
2002-08-26 20:43 ` Robert Dewar
2002-08-26 20:41 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2002-08-26 21:37 ` tmoran
2002-08-25 5:00 ` R. Tim Coslet
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