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From: Mats Weber <Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch>
Subject: Re: ??? Help!: how to do unconstraned arrays/records???
Date: 1998/11/05
Date: 1998-11-05T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3641D77A.C7AB597@elca-matrix.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: F1yDsB.Lry.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com

Tucker Taft wrote:

>   type System_Config_Typ(Number_Of_Node_Widgets : Natural;
>         Number_Of_Hosts_Widgets : Natural) is
>     record
>       Number_of_nodes :  Natural := 0;
>       Nodes : Node_Array(1..Number_Of_Node_Widgets) :=
>         (others => new Node_Config_Typ(Number_Of_Hosts_Widgets));
>     end record;

This looks dangerous to me because declaring an object of that type will
allocate stuff from the heap, which may cause a memory leak. I would
prefer explicit allocation (i.e. no default initial value for Nodes).




  reply	other threads:[~1998-11-05  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-11-04  0:00 ??? Help!: how to do unconstraned arrays/records??? al johnston
1998-11-04  0:00 ` Albert S. Johnston
1998-11-05  0:00   ` dewarr
1998-11-05  0:00     ` al johnston
1998-11-05  0:00       ` Stephen Leake
1998-11-05  0:00       ` dewar
1998-11-05  0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-11-05  0:00   ` Tucker Taft
1998-11-05  0:00     ` al johnston
1998-11-05  0:00   ` Tucker Taft
1998-11-05  0:00     ` Mats Weber [this message]
1998-11-05  0:00       ` Tucker Taft
1998-11-05  0:00         ` al johnston
1998-11-05  0:00           ` Tucker Taft
1998-11-06  0:00             ` Mats Weber
1998-11-06  0:00               ` Tucker Taft
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