Re: Bus error

[Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus.rm.tsoh@maps.futureapps.de>]

Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:52:22 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> 
>>
>>     X1 : String renames Get_Line(Foo);
>>     X2 : String renames Get_Line(Bar);
>>     X3 : String renames Get_Line(Baz, Mode => Frobnicate);
> 
> These examples show that the concept is just wrong. The above creates some
> anonymous objects in background and then renames them. How to rename
> something that does not have any name?

Again, this is a wording question I think. I see value in labelling
an object with a name when the language lets me do this (and I don't
want to assign to a local constant).

 
>>> But when I do:
>>>
>>>    X : Element renames Collection (Key);
>>>
>>> I'd like to be certain that X indeed renames a container's element.
>> Then I think there is a problem of choosing the right name for
>> what you have called Collection here.
> 
> Collection is a container, like an array, Key is an index. Is this better:
> 
>    Slice : String renames Line (10..20);

And you want to be sure that Line (10 .. 20) indeed renames
a character string of the array?


> Yes, I have examples. You can take a look at 
> 
> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de/ada/fuzzy.htm

I'm starting to see why you are upset about generics.
This will take some time to understand.