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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Easy question about Character manipulation
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:12:51 +0100
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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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