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On Thursday, 6 August 2020 20:56:25 UTC+2, Simon Wright  wrote:
> 
> I'd think of a record type to contain the properties, and then a map
> from object name to properties:

Yes, the variables are actually records.

> 
>    package Object_Maps is new Ada.Containers.Indefinite_Ordered_Maps
>      (Key_Type     => String,
>       Element_Type => Properties);
> 
>    Objects : Object_Maps.Map;

Okay that's a new construct I haven't come across yet. Let me see what I can dig up on that.

Thanks, Ian