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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.36.44.132 with SMTP id i126mr390435iti.7.1510301445085; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:10:45 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.94.7 with SMTP id d7mr338775oti.8.1510301444996; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:10:44 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!peer02.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!186no958651itu.0!news-out.google.com!193ni2575iti.0!nntp.google.com!186no958646itu.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:10:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2003:c7:83c6:b000:e052:61fc:5a53:d240; posting-account=rmHyLAoAAADSQmMWJF0a_815Fdd96RDf NNTP-Posting-Host: 2003:c7:83c6:b000:e052:61fc:5a53:d240 References: <1c20fe22-ba3c-4db4-a18d-c922e3d04de5@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <79108071-7d76-4276-bc14-268bc1b74b8a@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Trying to declare an array from the heap from inside a record declaration From: AdaMagica Injection-Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:10:45 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Body-CRC: 2106023055 X-Received-Bytes: 1895 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:48796 Date: 2017-11-10T00:10:44-08:00 List-Id: Am Freitag, 10. November 2017 08:44:08 UTC+1 schrieb Jerry: > Thanks, both of you. I don't see an especially elegant solution here but I can live with these ideas. > > Still not sure why my attempt didn't work. :-( Because Ada syntax does not allow it. The question should be: Why does Ada not allow this? Ask the language lawywers! (I myself am not in favour of this idea (renamings inside a record).)