Re: Stream_Element_Array and an empty array

[Philip Anderson <phil.anderson@amsjv.com>]

"Samuel T. Harris" wrote:
> 
<snip>
> Given that in the above text A is a variable,
> no assignment is necesary. If you must have
> an assignment, or an initial expression
> because it is constant, then you can
> do the following ...
> 
> nil : constant stream_element_array (1..0) := (others => 0);
> ...
> a := nil;

That must the clearest Ada way of obtaining a zero-length array of a
particular type; declare an example and give it a suitable name (Nil,
Empty_Array, Zero_Length_Array, whatever), since the result of this
particular Ada idiom is easier to understand given this clue.  It then
becomes obvious what you are doing when you pass it as a parameter.


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Philip Anderson
Alenia Marconi Systems
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