Re: types and non-contigous ranges

[Erlo Haugen <_elh_@_tema_._com_>]

Jacob Sparre Andersen skrev:

> Erlo Haugen skrev:
> 
>>Jacob Sparre Andersen skrev:
>>
>>>Erlo Haugen skrev:
> 
> 
>>>>what is the easiest way to define a (sub)type consisting of ranges
>>>>and single values?
> 
> 
>>>   type Valid_Characters is ('0', '1', '2', ... '9',
>>>                             'A', 'B', 'C', ... '�', '�', '�');
> 
> 
>>But why is it that when i use '�', the compiler says that strings
>>are delimited by " ? Using UC_AE_Diphthong is OK.
> 
> 
> That is probably because you and your compiler aren't in complete
> agreement about which character encoding you are using.
> 
> If the compiler expects you to use ISO-8859-1 (which is very likely)
> and you are actually using UTF-8 (which I would guess from the error
> message), then the compiler will not read what you see as "�" as "�"
> but as a sequence of two other characters.
> 
In the source ??

type Valid_Characters is ('0', '1', '2', ... '9',
                           'A', 'B', 'C', ... '�'); <<<<-----this is 
where I get the error.
How do I get in sync with the compilers idea of which encoding we use??


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