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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Records and their types.
Date: 1999/09/22
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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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