title: Accessing record parameters in Modelica without declaring a record instance
body: <p>In Modelica, I'm able to access the contents of a record instance like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>model Unnamed1
    record Example
      parameter Real x = 5;
    end Example;
  
    Example ex;
    Real test;
  equation 
    test = ex.x;
  end Unnamed1;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I'd like to access the contents of the record without declaring an instance of the record, like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>model Unnamed1
    record Example
      parameter Real x = 5;
    end Example;
  
    Real test;
  equation 
    test = Example().x;
  end Unnamed1;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>...but this doesn't work. Is there some way to achieve what I'm trying to do?</p>