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From: arra@inmet.UUCP (Arra Avakian)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Defered Constants in Ada
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Date: 14 Sep 90 14:15:55 GMT
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In article <920029@hpclapd.HP.COM> defaria@hpclapd.HP.COM (Andy DeFaria) writes:
>I have been trying to  use defered constants in  Ada and I have  been  have
>some problems.  Everything  seems to be   OK  if the   type of the  defered
>constant is local but if the type is imported then  the compiler issues the
>error message that follows:
(Example deleted to save space)

From LRM 7.4(4):  "...; a deferred constant declaration and the declaration of
the corresponding private type must both be declarative items of the visible
part of the same package."