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: 103376,2d76c4749a82ef0b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-25 14:24:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F9AE9F5.5060408@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Strings Fixed, Bounded, and Counted. Performance Inquiry. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 21:24:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.24.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1067117054 209.165.24.146 (Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:24:14 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:24:14 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1678 Date: 2003-10-25T21:24:14+00:00 List-Id: Two counted strings might not have to have the same allocated space. It may not have any excess space at all, depending on what one has in mind. Bounded strings pretty much have to have a fixed allocation - all of the same length if they come from the same instantiation. MDC Jeffrey Carter wrote: > > How would you implement Bounded_String? I think you'll find it's what > you're calling a counted string. > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "So if I understand 'The Matrix Reloaded' correctly, the Matrix is basically a Microsoft operating system - it runs for a while and then crashes and reboots. By design, no less. Neo is just a memory leak that's too hard to fix, so they left him in... The users don't complain because they're packed in slush and kept sedated" -- Marin D. Condic ======================================================================