From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ae9506fd4dcf7090 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-21 11:00:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!news From: cjsonnack@mmm.com (Programmer Dude) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Concatenation and Characters Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:51:44 -0500 Organization: 3M Company Message-ID: <3DB43EB0.AAF4B38C@mmm.com> References: <44hp9.807$_u6.205@nwrddc01.gnilink.net> <3DA5AE5F.3030902@attbi.com> <3DB03EF1.EE771923@mmm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD 3M/NCP 4.5 (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29999 Date: 2002-10-21T12:51:44-05:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote: >> Surely I'm missing something? > > try this with your Java compiler: Java?? Who cares about Java?!?! ;-\ So, bottom line from the answers I've read is that Ada (the language) allows uninitialized variables to be used which *may* (must?) require a run-time exception.... but what if the random value in the variable isn't a contraint violation? Does that mean an uninitialized variable *could* be taken seriously and never detected as having a random bit pattern? Surely not?? -- |_ CJSonnack _____________| How's my programming? | |_ http://www.Sonnack.com/ ___________________| Call: 1-800-DEV-NULL | |_____________________________________________|_______________________| Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.