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From: Gautier write-only <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Min/Max attribute makes promises it can't keep
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:37:35 -0700 (PDT)
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On 28 Apr., 12:58, AdaMagica <christoph.gr...@eurocopter.com> wrote:
> > I think you all missed my point: allowing the programmer to specify a
> > constraint in situations where the constraint will not be enforced
>
> But the prefix of an attribute reference does not specify a
> constraint.
>
> Integer'Min, Positive'Min, Natural'Min are all the same.

But it should, at least in the case of Min/Max.
Integer'Min, Positive'Min, Natural'Min being all the same breaches the
spirit of the Ada language (what you see is what it means).
A topic for Ada 201z...
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