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From: "Mike Silva" <mjsilva@jps.net>
Subject: Variant record question
Date: 2000/01/21
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I've been working on some proof-of-concept code, and I don't understand
something about arrays of variant records.  Specifically, the following code
works with a default discriminant defined for the type T_t, but if I remove
the default discriminant it fails at the declaration of T_array_t.  Why must
I put in a default discriminant when I can then override it in an aggregate
(variable 'A' below)?  Thanks for any clarification.

Mike

package Test is

 type Dis_t is ( D1, D2 );

 type T_t ( D : Dis_t := D1 ) is  -- note default discriminant
   record
      case D is
        when D1 =>
          I : Integer;
        when D2 =>
          F : Float;
      end case;
   end record;

 type T_array_t is array (Integer range <>) of T_t;  -- fails if no default
Dis_t

 A : T_array_t := ( (D => D1, I => 99), (D => D2, F => 99.99) );

end Test;