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From: john.nospam@nospamassen.nospamdemon.co.uk (John McCabe)
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Subject: Re: can a record contain an array whose bounds are not known at
      co  mpi le time?
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 15:40:08 +0100, Caldwell Ian
<ICCALDWELL@qinetiq.com> wrote:

Also read about mutable and immutable types - these depend on whether
you have a default discriminant I think.

>Use a discriminated type. See RM section 3.7;
>
>An examples of discriminated type:
>
>type Buffer(Size : Buffer_Size := 100)  is       
>   record
>      Value : String(1 .. Size);
>   end record;
>
>Ian Caldwell
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Yu, Liyang [mailto:Liyang.Yu@delta.com]
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I need to use an array in a record and this array's bound is not known at
>compile time. Can Ada do this? Can someone give me a example about how to do
>this or any reference that I can use?
>
>Thanks!
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