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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: array size
Date: 1999/12/11
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In article <3851d15b_1@news1.prserv.net>,
  "Matthew Heaney" <matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:
> >   for Preset_Array_Type'Size use 6 * Frequency_Type'Size;
>
> Always do this for composite types:
>
>   Preset_Array_Type_Size : constant := 6 *
Frequency_Type'Size;
>   for Preset_Array_Type'Size use Preset_Array_Type_Size;


This is incomprehensible advice, these are obviously equivalent.
Both will of course be illegal if Frequency_Type'Size is not
static ... Matthew what are you trying to say here?


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