From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,
	REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,ae8b13d4d815893c
X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet
X-Google-NewGroupId: yes
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
Path: 
 g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed-fusi2.netcologne.de!195.14.215.230.MISMATCH!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed-hp2.netcologne.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool2.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 21:36:42 +0200
From: Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh.plus-bug.bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de>
Reply-To: rm.tsoh+bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: (Num_Types.Mod_4 range 1..8)  ------->why not (1..8)?
References: <0571282b-0ab8-4eee-941f-e9369f5b4518@x6g2000vbg.googlegroups.com>
In-Reply-To: 
 <0571282b-0ab8-4eee-941f-e9369f5b4518@x6g2000vbg.googlegroups.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-ID: <4a11b8cb$0$32680$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net>
Organization: Arcor
NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 May 2009 21:36:43 CEST
NNTP-Posting-Host: b05c9529.newsspool2.arcor-online.net
X-Trace: 
 DXC=ZMYS\=f`@lcf1oJaJ0@dmgA9EHlD;3Ycb4Fo<]lROoRa^YC2XCjHcbiSkTR2Qd1c^f;9OJDO8_SKfNSZ1n^B98ij5MQ]HJn5YDj
X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de
Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5905
Date: 2009-05-18T21:36:43+02:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

convergence82 wrote:
>    type Data_Array is array (Num_Types.Mod_4 range 1..8) of
> Num_Types.Mod_8;
> 
> what's the difference between this and:
> 
>    type Data_Array is array (1..8) of Num_Types.Mod_8;
> 
> ?

Mod_4 range 1 .. 8 denotes a range of values in type Mod_4.
The index range will be taken from type Mod_4.
1 .. 8 without the Mod_4 denotes a range of numbers from
a "less specific" index type, determined by the rules of
the language -- probably Integer.  The details are found in
and linked from RM 3.6.