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From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada?
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 19:59:34 -0500, "Randy Brukardt"
<randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:

>"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message
>news:blm0au$dkoad$2@ID-77047.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> So you have to go further:
>>
>>    type String_In_Record (Length : Positive := 80) is
>>       The_Body : String (1..Length);
>>    end record;
>>
>> This would result in Storage_Error. Defaulted discriminants are not what
>> people usualy think about them!
>
>No, this *can* result in Storage_Error. It certainly will not in Janus/Ada
>(which allocates unconstrained records to size). I personally think it is a
>mistake to implement unconstrained records so that the above reasonable
>construct doesn't work -- but that is a position that is not widely held.
>
>...
>> Presently this is unsolvable without generics.
>
>No, just get a better compiler. :-)

Point taken! (:-))

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Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de