Re: constrained subtypes

["George Stevens" <george.stevens@baesystems.com>]

Problem seemed to be in using:

case (constrained_subtype)

rather than:

case constrained_subtype

Removing the brackets sorted the problem.  Not sure why this is a problem
for constrained subtypes, as the compilers cope fine for enums and (base)
integers.

Sorry I didn't put the original code in my post, but was away from my build
machine, so was relying on my memory.  Thanks for all reponses.


"George Stevens" <george.stevens@baesystems.com> wrote in message
news:3c8cc63b$1@pull.gecm.com...
> We're trying to use subtypes of base integer, constraining them 1 .. 8
> (i.e. static values)
> When we use these types in a case statement, covering values 1 - 8, the
> Aonix Ada compiler (7.1.2) complains that we haven't defined "others".
> However, we shouldn't need to, as all cases are within the constrained
> limits.  I've looked at Programming in Ada 95 - Barnes (p106) which seems
to
> suggest that we're doing the right thing language-wise, so long as the
range
> limits are static types.
>
> Is this a compiler funny or an Ada funny?
>
>