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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Assignment access type with discriminants
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:19:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tveh6u$ihpu$1@dont-email.me> (raw)

I stumbled on a curious fact.

The value of an object with a discriminant can be changed to a value 
with a different discriminant if the type's discriminants are defaulted.

Right?

Wrong! Not through an access type!

procedure Test is
    type F is (F1, F2, F3);
    type Foo (K : F := F1) is record
       case K is
          when F1 =>
             X1 : Integer;
          when F2 =>
             X2 : Float;
          when F3 =>
             X3 : String (1..2);
       end case;
    end record;
    type Foo_Ptr is access all Foo;
    X : aliased Foo;
    P : Foo_Ptr := X'Access;
begin
    X := (F2, 1.0);   -- OK
    P.all := (F1, 3); -- Error!
end Test;

Is this a compiler bug or intentional language design? Any language lawyers?

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

             reply	other threads:[~2023-03-22  9:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-22  9:19 Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2023-03-22  9:31 ` Assignment access type with discriminants Björn Lundin
2023-03-22 14:10 ` G.B.
2023-03-23 11:51   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-03-23 16:53     ` AdaMagica
2023-03-23 18:09       ` Niklas Holsti
2023-03-23 17:04 ` J-P. Rosen
2023-03-23 18:55   ` Niklas Holsti
2023-03-23 19:53     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-03-24  9:41     ` J-P. Rosen
2023-03-25  8:51       ` Randy Brukardt
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