Re: array size

["James E. Hopper" <hopperj@macconnect.com>]

well i tried adding

  for Day_Array_Type'Size use 7 * Preset_Array_Type_Size;

this won't compile either. i get:
test.adb:48:33: size for "Day_Array_Type" too small, minimum allowed is
1120
gnatmake: "test.adb" compilation error

could this be a gnat bug??

jim


In article <3851d15b_1@news1.prserv.net>, Matthew Heaney
<matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:

> In article <101219991605504828%hopperj@macconnect.com> , "James E. 
> Hopper" <hopperj@macconnect.com> wrote:
> 
> >   type Preset_Array_Type is array ( Preset_Type ) of Frequency_Type;
> >   pragma pack (Preset_Array_Type);  -- RAD SOLARIS PORT
> >   for Preset_Array_Type'Size use 6 * Frequency_Type'Size;
> 
> Always do this for composite types:
> 
>   Preset_Array_Type_Size : constant := 6 * Frequency_Type'Size;
>   for Preset_Array_Type'Size use Preset_Array_Type_Size;
> 
> 
> > -- We tried the following just for giggles but interestingly,
> > -- the compiler says that Preset_Array_Type'Size isn't static!!
> > -- for Day_Array_Type'Size use 7 * Preset_Array_Type'Size;
> 
> It said that because composite types (including arrays) are always
> nonstatic; see RM95 4.9.
> 
> The solution is easy enough:
> 
>   for Day_Array_Type'Size use 7 * Preset_Array_Type_Size;
> 
> or better
> 
>   Day_Array_Type_Size : constant := 7 * Preset_Array_Type_Size;
>   for Day_Array_Type'Size use Day_Array_Type_Size;
> 
> 
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