Re: "In reverse" in for loop acting weird.

["gilrain" <john.thile@murraystate.edu>]

Thanks for the tips! I'm still learning proper style, so I found these quite
useful. I should have remembered 'range!

John Thile


"Jeffrey Carter" wrote:
> ...
> If the range of Coefficients is -15 .. 15, then your for loop would be
> better written as
>
> for J in [reverse] Coefficients'range loop
>
> In general, when working with arrays, it is rarely necessary to mention
> a magic number more than once. Once the magic number is used to define
> the range of the type or object, attributes, such as 'range above,
> eliminate the need to mention it again.
>
> When you do need to mention a magic number more than once, it's a good
> idea to make it a named number or constant. For example, the 16 in your
> code is a good candidate for this. I suspect it may be
>
> (Result'Length + 1) / 2.
> ...