From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Easy question about Character manipulation
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:12:51 +0100
Date: 2007-01-30T22:12:45+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1w9na0flf7izk.10870qhe6k9rg$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wcchcu88dpu.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:24:45 -0500, Robert A Duff wrote:
> "Jeffrey R. Carter" <jrcarter@acm.org> writes:
>
>> Let me emphasize:
>>
>> Size : constant := 10;
>>
>> There's no reason for Size to be an object, much less a variable.
>
> I agree that it should probably be constant, but why not give it a type,
> as in:
>
> Size : constant Integer := 10;
>
> I think named numbers are a kludge, and should usually be avoided.
I would agree if Universal_Integer were a proper type name. Integer tells
too much.
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-29 20:01 Easy question about Character manipulation mark
2007-01-29 20:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-29 21:30 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-30 0:51 ` (see below)
2007-01-30 1:43 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-30 2:09 ` (see below)
2007-01-30 20:18 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-30 21:07 ` (see below)
2007-01-30 22:05 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-31 3:07 ` (see below)
2007-01-31 18:11 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2007-01-31 21:02 ` (see below)
2007-01-31 23:01 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-31 23:23 ` (see below)
2007-01-31 23:46 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2007-02-01 0:07 ` (see below)
2007-01-30 21:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-31 16:54 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-31 17:24 ` (see below)
2007-01-30 12:28 ` Martin Krischik
2007-01-30 17:50 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2007-01-30 20:24 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-30 21:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2007-01-30 21:39 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-31 10:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-31 11:22 ` Martin Krischik
2007-01-31 18:14 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
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