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From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
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Subject: Re: Easy question about Character manipulation
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:22:37 +0100
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Robert A Duff schrieb:
> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> 
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:24:45 -0500, Robert A Duff wrote:
>>
>>> "Jeffrey R. Carter" <jrcarter@acm.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Let me emphasize:
>>>>
>>>> Size : constant := 10;
>>>>
>>>> There's no reason for Size to be an object, much less a variable.
>>> I agree that it should probably be constant, but why not give it a type,
>>> as in:
>>>
>>>     Size : constant Integer := 10;
>>>
>>> I think named numbers are a kludge, and should usually be avoided.
>> I would agree if Universal_Integer were a proper type name. Integer tells
>> too much.
> 
> Well, Universal_Integer is just Root_Integer'Class.  But I agree, they
> should have names.  Actually, the name for Root_Integer should be
> Integer.

You are aware that this would mean Integer'Size=64 for GNAT?

> And the name for Standard.Integer should be
> Not_Standard_At_All.Machine_Integer.  ;-)

Don't forget Standard.String_Index - or do you thing that a 64 bit 
string index has it's uses?

Martin