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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: what means the " ' " in use with a record type?
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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.