gcc/ada/
* freeze.adb (Freeze_Expr_Types): Freeze the designated type of
the explicit dereference.
and then Node = Controlling_Argument (Parent (Node))
then
Check_And_Freeze_Type (Designated_Type (Etype (Node)));
+
+ -- An explicit dereference freezes the designated type as well,
+ -- even though that type is not attached to an entity in the
+ -- expression.
+
+ elsif Nkind (Node) in N_Has_Etype
+ and then Nkind (Parent (Node)) = N_Explicit_Dereference
+ then
+ Check_And_Freeze_Type (Designated_Type (Etype (Node)));
end if;
-- No point in posting several errors on the same expression