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From: James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Strings initialised by literals
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 00:52:47 GMT
Date: 2001-07-22T00:52:47+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B5A2478.460CC8B6@worldnet.att.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87elra9kiu.fsf@chiark.greenend.org.uk

This is guaranteed by the language.

The string type is defined as :

type string is array(Positive range <>) of character;

Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Matthew Woodcraft wrote:
> 
> I've a feeling this question came across this newsgroup recently, but
> I've been unable to find the thread.
> 
> If I write
> 
>       Sample : String := "example";
> 
> Gnat tells me that Sample'First is 1. Is this guaranteed by the
> langauge, or does the compiler choose?
> 
> -M-



  reply	other threads:[~2001-07-22  0:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-21 18:58 Strings initialised by literals Matthew Woodcraft
2001-07-22  0:52 ` James Rogers [this message]
2001-07-23  1:30   ` Tucker Taft
2001-07-23  2:45     ` James Rogers
2001-07-23 10:55     ` Larry Kilgallen
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