---------- X-Sun-Data-Type: text X-Sun-Data-Description: text X-Sun-Data-Name: text X-Sun-Charset: us-ascii X-Sun-Content-Lines: 34 My vote is affirmative. A small point - shouldn't the recommendation for future revisions be: "It is an error if a deferred constant declaration appears anywhere other than in a package declaration." Note that the "anywhere" is missing in the current version. -ajay ----- Begin Included Message -----