Re: C++'s pointer vs Ada's Access type

[fraser@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fraser Wilson)]

stt@henning.camb.inmet.com (johndoe) writes:

>Ding-yuan Sheu (dsheu@afit.af.mil) wrote:

>: 	int	Array[100];
>: 	ip = &Array;
>: 	for (i:=0;i++,99) { (*ip+i)   = 0; }

[ ... ]

[Tuck]
>In any case, the corresponding Ada would generally not use
>pointers at all:

>    An_Array : array (1..100) of Integer;

>    for I in An_Array'Range loop
>        An_Array(I) := 0;
>    end loop;

You're being very polite, Tuck, and I guess the reason is that Sheu
might want something more general, but I just can't resist letting
C and C++ people know when Ada, for want of a better phrase, kicks
butt so well.  Array initialisation is one of those areas:

	An_Array : array (1 .. 100) of Integer;

	An_Array := (others => 0);

(The C++ way has to be more efficient though, because it's closer
to the machine.  Not.)

Fraser (a frustrated Ada programmer who has to speak C++ at the moment)