* What is a "Constraint Error" @ 1998-11-05 0:00 robinsoj 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: robinsoj @ 1998-11-05 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) I get a "constraint error" when I run a program that I compiled with GNAT Ada. What does "constraint error" mean? -- James H. Robinson, III -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: What is a "Constraint Error" 1998-11-05 0:00 What is a "Constraint Error" robinsoj @ 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Matthew Heaney @ 1998-11-06 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) robinsoj@my-dejanews.com writes: > I get a "constraint error" when I run a program that I compiled with > GNAT Ada. What does "constraint error" mean? Go to <http://www.adahome.com/> and go through one of the tutorials. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: What is a "Constraint Error" 1998-11-05 0:00 What is a "Constraint Error" robinsoj 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney @ 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Tom Moran 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Dale Stanbrough @ 1998-11-06 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) robinsoj wrote: I get a "constraint error" when I run a program that I compiled with GNAT Ada. What does "constraint error" mean? It means that * you fell off the end of an array (most likely) * you had a null pointer, and you tried to dereference it * you generally did something that you asked the compiler to look out for (which it duly did, and reported the fault in the program you wrote). Dale ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: What is a "Constraint Error" 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough @ 1998-11-06 0:00 ` Tom Moran 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Tom Moran @ 1998-11-06 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) Or you tried to store some out-of-range value, eg, a negative value in a variable of type "positive", the value 13 in eggs_in_box : integer range 0 .. 12; etc. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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