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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Records and their types.
Date: 1999/09/22
Date: 1999-09-22T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7sauu7$f6k$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7satv9$ehj$1@nnrp1.deja.com

In article <7satv9$ehj$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
> It was a long time ago, but the way I remember it the DEC
compiler would
> do as Robert says, but it would also try to run with it. That
lead to
> rather inefficent code, but hey, you're the programmer. If you
want the
> ability to expand your array field to 2*31 elements, that's
what you
> get.


We are not talking about "expanding your array field to ...",
we are talking about the default allocation of 2**31 elements.
Of course GNAT will "try to run with it", but you will, as the
warning told you, get a Storage_Error.


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1999-09-22  0:00             ` Records and their types Ted Dennison
1999-09-22  0:00               ` Robert Dewar [this message]
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