From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio- state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!firth@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Robert Firth)
Subject: Re: Pascal type sets in Ada?
Date: 21 Sep 92 13:03:35 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1992Sep21.130335.26035@sei.cmu.edu> (raw)
In article <1992Sep21.050905.1@cc.utah.edu> eyring@cc.utah.edu writes:
>This is a question I have had for some time.
>Why doesn't Ada include Pascal type sets?
>There must be a reason. Or how does one
>do Pascal sets in Ada? Any ideas?
The reason we omitted the Pascal "SET OF" type constructor is that
we believed set types could be defined using the other features of
the language. As to how, the Ada Rationale, Sect 12.2.4, gives a
miniature example.
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1992-09-21 17:26 Pascal type sets in Ada? Jame s Crigler
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