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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.107.26.67 with SMTP id a64mr8747548ioa.16.1519662412898; Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:26:52 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.46.5 with SMTP id q5mr494408otb.10.1519662412653; Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:26:52 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feed.usenet.farm!feeder3.feed.usenet.farm!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!w142no1903823ita.0!news-out.google.com!a25ni1827itj.0!nntp.google.com!o66no1896931ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:26:52 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=85.241.61.1; posting-account=rhqvKAoAAABpikMmPHJSZh4400BboHwT NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.241.61.1 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <62f83fe5-15d6-41cf-952f-bc3cb077d42f@googlegroups.com> Subject: [Newbie] doubly constrained array, dumb question From: Mehdi Saada <00120260a@gmail.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:26:52 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50651 Date: 2018-02-26T08:26:52-08:00 List-Id: Hello. I would like an constrained String subtype with narrower bounds that Positive'Range. How can I do something like: subtype Possible_Length is NATURAL range 1..80; subtype T_Line is String (Possible_Length range <>); ? I know "range <>" isn't included in the definition of "range_constraint". How can I express the same thing. So that I can get after, a dynamic string with: A: access T_LINE := new T_LINE'("BLABLABLA"); while checking for its range. Thanks, Mehdi Mehdi