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On 12/08/2015 01:21 PM, Serge Robyns wrote:
> 
> Before it was a limited interface and hence no record.  This reminds me I
> haven't yet fully figured out when it is <b>best</b> use limited and when not
> for my cases.  So far I can use limited as I don't need the assignment for
> T_Store.  Likewise from you here I try to avoid access variable as much as
> possible but at times I've no choice, well at least I use programming by
> extension ...

If you don't need assignment because there will never be more than one of them,
that's an indication that you don't need a type and a variable; you need a
module. I suspect you think in terms of types because C++ only provides
encapsulation and information hiding through its class construct. In Ada, your
1st thought when you want encapsulation or information hiding should be a pkg.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
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