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From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Allocation of local constant arrays
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 11:44:28 +0200
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Freejack wrote:

> On Thu, 20 May 2004 13:24:07 +0200, Martin Krischik wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Normally I put them with the procedure. Sometimes I put them in packages
>> inside the procededure:
>> 
>> procedure Proc
>> is
>>   package Pack
>>     ...
>>   end Pack;
>> begin
>> ...
>> 
>> With Regards
>> 
>> Martin
> 
> 
> Wouldn't that kind of declaration essentially make the variables static
> constants, unchangeable from one call of the procedure to another.

Yes. But beware: if Pack had an evaluation code it would be called with each
call to Proc.

> And 
> would I reference the var as Proc.Pack.foobar or just Pack.foobar?

Both can be used.
 
> Although it looks like this type of definition would help the compiler
> perform optimizations.

That's the idea. Usually I just trust the compiler to do it right.

With Regards

Martin
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