From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.236.229.193 with SMTP id h61mr4477596yhq.40.1413309761625; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:02:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.25.174 with SMTP id 43mr28027qgt.26.1413309761567; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:02:41 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newspeer1.nac.net!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!s7no2724503qap.0!news-out.google.com!i10ni87qaf.0!nntp.google.com!dc16no2842865qab.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:02:41 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=130.207.218.196; posting-account=WJP96woAAACeXrxM3o5fIM-r2MXF0vdO NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.207.218.196 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <0660a64b-cbd1-4fee-a454-3231351b622c@googlegroups.com> Subject: Variable initialized to <> From: Mab Injection-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:02:41 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22467 Date: 2014-10-14T11:02:41-07:00 List-Id: What does it mean to initialize variables to an unspecified range <>: For example: Record1: Rec_Type1 := (ID => <>, Label => <>, Active => <>); I'm aware of <> used in an array definition to indicate unspecified range but not sure what it means to initialize to a variable as shown above. The variables above can be of any types. Thanks