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From: "Peter C. Chapin" <pcc482719@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Processing array subsections, a newbie question.
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:54:29 -0400
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Simon Wright wrote:

> Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org> writes:
> 
>> I really do not approve of the names Index_Fst and Index_Lst.
> 
> Quite agree. What's wrong with First and Last? (or even if it wasn't
> obvious already Index_First, Index_Last).

'First' and 'Last' are reserved by SPARK as FDL identifiers. Similarly 'Start'
and 'Finish' are reserved by SPARK. Obviously 'Begin' and 'End' is not going
to work either since they are reserved by Ada. So while I rather
dislike 'Fst' and 'Lst' I found it awkward finding a suitable matched pair of
names that would otherwise convey my intention.

In my actual program the index variables are named differently than in my
example anyway. However, I admit that I have used 'Fst' and 'Lst' at times in
my code since I couldn't think of anything else that wasn't reserved. I
probably lack imagination.

Peter