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From: jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net (Jim Rogers)
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Subject: Re: generic arrays?
Date: 20 Feb 2004 13:06:28 -0800
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chris <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<f4qZb.72$b_4.18@newsfe1-win>...
> Hi,

<snip>
 
> with the ability to make the type of X = type of IV?  I want to 
> instansiate T with IV after instantiating P, but don't know what to make 
> X.  Is there any way to avoid using an access type to hold X in the 
> record TP?  (in the case where type x is an unconstrained array of floats).

Try a discriminated record rather than a generic.

type Foo_Array is array(Positive range <>) of float;

type TP (Max : Positive) is record
   X : Foo_Array(1..Max);
end record;

Jim Rogers