The 'Valid_Scalars
attribute is intended to make it easier to
check the validity of scalar subcomponents of composite objects. It
is defined for any prefix X
that denotes an object.
The value of this attribute is of the predefined type Boolean.
X'Valid_Scalars
yields True if and only if evaluation of
P'Valid
yields True for every scalar part P of X or if X has
no scalar parts. It is not specified in what order the scalar parts
are checked, nor whether any more are checked after any one of them
is determined to be invalid. If the prefix X
is of a class-wide
type T'Class
(where T
is the associated specific type),
or if the prefix X
is of a specific tagged type T
, then
only the scalar parts of components of T
are traversed; in other
words, components of extensions of T
are not traversed even if
T'Class (X)'Tag /= T'Tag
. The compiler will issue a warning if it can
be determined at compile time that the prefix of the attribute has no
scalar parts (e.g., if the prefix is of an access type, an interface type,
an undiscriminated task type, or an undiscriminated protected type).