Re: Missing Index Value in Array Aggregate

[csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson)]

     Thanks to both of you for clarifying this.  For some
reason, I tend to forget sliding when thinking about
arrays in the abstract, although I use it quite often.
 
     I should have given more detail of the context.
Although it's not relevant now, here it is: The aggregate
was the initial value of a constant array object, the type
of that object being an anonymous array type whose index
is a constrained enumeration type.  My compiler did give
me the (proper) warning of a constraint error at run time.
Unfortunately, the warning was overlooked because the
compiler tends to put out a bunch of warnings of much
less value.
 
     My characterization of Ada as trying to "do... as much
as possible at compile-time" was off base.  While you do
get a lot more information from an Ada compiler than from
those for most other languages, I agree that Ada's
consistency, it's very small number of special cases,
is much more important.
 
     So, while the case I asked about was surprising at
first glance, I think the rationale behind it is fine.

               Charlie

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