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Ada Programming/Attributes/'Type Class
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Description
typ'Type_Class for any type or subtype yields the value of the type class for the full type of . If is a generic formal type, the value is the value for the corresponding actual subtype. The value of this attribute is of type System.Aux_DEC.Type_Class, which has the following definition:type Type_Class is
(Type_Class_Enumeration,
Type_Class_Integer,
Type_Class_Fixed_Point,
Type_Class_Floating_Point,
Type_Class_Array,
Type_Class_Record,
Type_Class_Access,
Type_Class_Task,
Type_Class_Address);Protected types yield the value Type_Class_Task, which thus applies to all concurrent types. This attribute is designed to be compatible with the DEC Ada 83 attribute of the same name.