Re: Array and memory usage

["John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net>]

"Preben Randhol" <randhol+news@pvv.org> wrote in message
news:slrnb6m8mg.15o.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no...
> I was a bit puzzeled to see that if I do:
>
>    type Str_Array_Type is array (1 .. 1000) of String (1 .. 800);
>
>    type User_Data is
>       record
>          Name     : Str_Array_Type;
>          Hostname : Str_Array_Type;
>       end record;

This declares two types and NO instances of those types.

> my program uses 800 bytes of memory, while if I only change the program
> like this:
>
>    type User_Data is
>       record
>          Name     : Str_Array_Type := (others => (others => ' '));
>          Hostname : Str_Array_Type := (others => (others => ' '));
>       end record;
>
> then the program uses 2356 bytes.

This declares the same two types and TWO (2) implicit instances of
Str_Array_Type, namely, the aggregate constants.  That's where the
difference comes from.