Re: Renaming versus initialisation

Tapio Kelloniemi <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> V1 : T := F;
> V2 : T renames F;
>
> I'd like to see an explanation of the effect of an object renaming
> declaration versus variable declaration and initialisation, when the object
> being renamed is a return value of a function. Many thanks for it.

They are pretty similar. Differences: V2 is a constant, but V1 is a
variable. In Ada 95, V2 works for limited types, but V1 does not.
The rules about limited types are relaxed in Ada 2005.

- Bob
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