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Subject: Re: why "unconstrained subtype in component declaration" while said
 component given default value ?
From: Mehdi Saada <00120260a@gmail.com>
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Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52713
Date: 2018-05-26T17:29:09-07:00
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> Record types need to support Representation Clauses, where as normal 
> variables do not.
That's quite an argument. But still...
>    type A (N: Positive) is record
>       II : Integer;
>       Chaine : String(1..N) := Give_String(N);
>    end record;
how can one define bit by bit the representation of A since N is not statically defined ? I've not used representation clauses yet, so it may be necessary to explain something obvious I might not see.
Well, anyway, many Ada programmers don't use representation clauses on a daily basis too ;-)