Re: Anonymous array clarification.(Better idea, I think.)

[Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com>]

McDoobie wrote:
> 
> So if I say...
> 
>         type foo_array is array(1..N) of character;
> 
> this would be an Object declaration.  Then I would instantiate it
> thusly....
> 
>         bar_array :  foo_array;
> 
> correct?
> 
> However if I say...
> 
>         some_chars : array(1..N) of character;
> 
> this would be just a simple array declaration, with none of the Object
> Oriented properties  carried along with it.

This has nothing to do with object orientedness. Bar_Array is a variable
of type Foo_Array, and Some_Chars is a variable of an unnamed
(anonymous) array type.

> 
> And with the Object "foo_array" declared above, I could say ...
> 
>         type Upper_Case is subtype foo_array;
> 
> and it should work?

This will not work. Perhaps you mean

subtype Upper_Case is Foo_Array;

or maybe

type Upper_Case is new Foo_Array;

I can't tell what you're trying to accomplish here.

> 
> Am I beginning to get the picture?

Unfortunately, it doesn't look that way.

-- 
Jeffrey Carter