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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
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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).