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From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Question about generics.
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:49:07 +0200
Date: 2006-07-02T20:49:07+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2308918.JaHNq6usfB@linux1.krischik.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Xns97F47B960CF95pchapinsovernet@198.186.192.137

Peter C. Chapin wrote:

> ere is what I'm trying to do
> 
> generic
> Size : in Integer;
> package Xyzzy is
> type Index is mod Size;
> -- etc.
> end Xyzzy;
> 
> The compiler (gnat) complains about the modular type definition, saying
> that Size is a non-static expression and that's no good.

Do it the other way round:

generic
 type Index is mod <>;
package Xyzzy is
 Size : Integer := Index'Last + 1;
 -- etc.
end Xyzzy;

Martin
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-02 16:08 Question about generics Peter C. Chapin
2006-07-02 18:49 ` Martin Krischik [this message]
2006-07-03  6:30 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-07-03 10:33   ` Peter C. Chapin
2006-07-03 11:42     ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2006-07-03 16:44     ` Pascal Obry
2006-07-04  1:09       ` Peter C. Chapin
2006-07-04  6:17         ` M E Leypold
2006-07-04 10:48           ` Peter C. Chapin
2006-07-03 20:03     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-07-03 20:18       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-07-04  0:08         ` Randy Brukardt
2006-07-04  7:48           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-07-04  0:43         ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-07-03  9:46 ` Martin Krischik
2006-07-04 13:29 ` Stephen Leake
2006-07-05 12:08   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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