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From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Ada 83:  Type defaults
Date: 1996/09/12
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hehmeyerj wrote:
> 
> This may be a simple problem but...
> 
> I have an enumeration type declaration.  For example:
> 
> type x is (A, B, C, D);
> 
> And I have about three hundred variables of type x scattered throughout
> 50 packages.  How would you default the type to, say A, without going
> to each individual variable declaration and explicitly defaulting them.
> (ie y : x := A;)
> 
> TIA

There's the "wrap a record around it" solution (see other posts).

There's the "Make X an abstract data type" solution, which doesn't 
really make the typing easier, but it can be used to _ensure_ that every 
variable of type X is given the same default value.

Also, there's the solution that begins:

1. Upgrade to Ada 95... :)

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