Re: Question on arrays

[Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

prashna wrote:
> A_Integer(2) := (others => 2.0);
> 
> where A_Integer is an array of integer, whose index is integer ranging
> form 1..10.
> 
> I am using Tartan compiler on Aix machine and the error is
> "segmentation fault (core dumped)"

That's not a very useful error message.

If I read your description of A_Integer correctly, it is declared 
something like

A_Integer : array (1 .. 10) of Integer;

or the equivalent with a named array type.

In that case, "A_Integer (2)" is an Integer, while "(others => 2.0)" is 
an aggregate. To simplify, an aggregate can be considered a literal of a 
composite type. Since the left-hand side is a non-composite type 
(Integer) and the right-hand side is a value of some composite type (an 
aggregate), they do not match and the assignment is illegal.

I won't go into the difference between "2.0" and "2". If you don't 
understand that yet, then you need to work through some basic tutorials 
or texts on Ada before trying what you're working on.

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Jeff Carter
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