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 10.36.237.5 with SMTP id r5mr701462ith.6.1485439281406; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 06:01:21 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.8.10 with SMTP id 10mr113664oty.19.1485439281323; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 06:01:21 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!newspeer1.nac.net!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!r185no389743ita.0!news-out.google.com!78ni8675itm.0!nntp.google.com!r185no389739ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 06:01:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2a02:c7d:3cda:7600:932b:b705:6315:5a80; posting-account=L2-UcQkAAAAfd_BqbeNHs3XeM0jTXloS NNTP-Posting-Host: 2a02:c7d:3cda:7600:932b:b705:6315:5a80 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <0fbd77dd-bcc2-462c-9ca3-be1ffb51e0c6@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: REQ: Extend slices for n dimensional arrays for Ada 202X From: Lucretia Injection-Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:01:21 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:33175 Date: 2017-01-26T06:01:20-08:00 List-Id: On Thursday, 26 January 2017 13:29:47 UTC, Lucretia wrote: > > Texture (x1 .. x2, y1 .. y2) := Buffer; -- Buffer is the correct size. I forgot to mention something else. I put the above notation down as someone in #Ada liked tha, but I would prefer the following: Texture (x1, y1 .. x2, y2) := Buffer; -- Buffer is the correct size. The reasoning is as follows: 1) That is easier for people to visualise. 2) That follows how n-dimensional arrays are accessed in Ada, i.e. procedure Test is type Matrix is array (1 .. 4, 1 .. 4) of Float; I : Matrix; begin I (1, 4) := 0.0; end Test; Luke.