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12.2 Generic Bodies

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   The body of a generic unit (a generic body) is a template for the instance bodies. The syntax of a generic body is identical to that of a nongeneric body.

Dynamic Semantics

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   The elaboration of a generic body has no other effect than to establish that the generic unit can from then on be instantiated without failing the Elaboration_Check. If the generic body is a child of a generic package, then its elaboration establishes that each corresponding declaration nested in an instance of the parent (see 10.1.1) can from then on be instantiated without failing the Elaboration_Check.
NOTES
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4  The syntax of generic subprograms implies that a generic subprogram body is always the completion of a declaration.

Examples

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   Example of a generic procedure body:
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procedure Exchange(U, V : in out Elem) is  -- see 12.1
   T : Elem;  --  the generic formal type
begin
   T := U;
   U := V;
   V := T;
end Exchange;
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   Example of a generic function body:
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function Squaring(X : Item) return Item is  --  see 12.1
begin
   return X*X;  --  the formal operator "*"
end Squaring;
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   Example of a generic package body:
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package body On_Vectors is  --  see 12.1
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   function Sum(A, B : Vector) return Vector is
      Result : Vector(A'Range); --  the formal type Vector
      Bias   : constant Integer := B'First - A'First;
   begin
      if A'Length /= B'Length then
         raise Length_Error;
      end if;
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      for N in A'Range loop
         Result(N) := Sum(A(N), B(N + Bias)); -- the formal function Sum
      end loop;
      return Result;
   end Sum;
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   function Sigma(A : Vector) return Item is
      Total : Item := A(A'First); --  the formal type Item
   begin
      for N in A'First + 1 .. A'Last loop
         Total := Sum(Total, A(N)); --  the formal function Sum
      end loop;
      return Total;
   end Sigma;
end On_Vectors;

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