+2019-12-18 Bob Duff <duff@adacore.com>
+
+ * sem_ch3.adb (Derive_Subprogram): Do not set the
+ Requires_Overriding flag in the above-mentioned case.
+
2019-12-18 Bob Duff <duff@adacore.com>
* sem_ch8.adb (Note_Redundant_Use): It was already checking for
Set_Derived_Name;
-- Otherwise, the type is inheriting a private operation, so enter it
- -- with a special name so it can't be overridden.
+ -- with a special name so it can't be overridden. See also below, where
+ -- we check for this case, and if so avoid setting Requires_Overriding.
else
Set_Chars (New_Subp, New_External_Name (Chars (Parent_Subp), 'P'));
or else Is_Abstract_Subprogram (Alias (New_Subp))
then
Set_Is_Abstract_Subprogram (New_Subp);
- else
+
+ -- If the Chars of the new subprogram is different from that of the
+ -- parent's one, it means that we entered it with a special name so
+ -- it can't be overridden (see above). In that case we had better not
+ -- *require* it to be overridden. This is the case where the parent
+ -- type inherited the operation privately, so there's no danger of
+ -- dangling dispatching.
+
+ elsif Chars (New_Subp) = Chars (Alias (New_Subp)) then
Set_Requires_Overriding (New_Subp);
end if;