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8.5.3 Package Renaming Declarations

[A package_renaming_declaration is used to rename a package.]

Syntax

2/3

{AI05-0183-1} package_renaming_declaration ::= package defining_program_unit_name renames package_name
[aspect_specification];

Legality Rules

The renamed entity shall be a package.

3.1/2

{AI95-00217-06} {AI95-00412-01} If the package_name of a package_renaming_declaration denotes a limited view of a package P, then a name that denotes the package_renaming_declaration shall occur only within the immediate scope of the renaming or the scope of a with_clause that mentions the package P or, if P is a nested package, the innermost library package enclosing P.

3.a.1/2

Discussion: The use of a renaming that designates a limited view is restricted to locations where we know whether the view is limited or nonlimited (based on a with_clause). We don't want to make an implicit limited view, as those are not transitive like a regular view. Implementations should be able to see all limited views needed based on the context_clause.

Static Semantics

A package_renaming_declaration declares a new view [of the renamed package].

4.1/2

{AI95-00412-01} [At places where the declaration of the limited view of the renamed package is visible, a name that denotes the package_renaming_declaration denotes a limited view of the package (see 10.1.1).]

4.a.1/2

Proof: This rule is found in 8.3, “Visibility”.

Examples

Example of renaming a package:

package TM renames Table_Manager;

Wording Changes from Ada 95

6.a/2

{AI95-00217-06} {AI95-00412-01} Uses of renamed limited views of packages can only be used within the scope of a with_clause for the renamed package.

Extensions to Ada 2005

6.b/3

{AI05-0183-1} An optional aspect_specification can be used in a package_renaming_declaration. This is described in 13.3.1.

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