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>>>>> "Dmitry" == Dmitry A Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

::: Note that it is *not* a ragged array. All elements are of exactly
::: *same* size. What is required is:

: No. I am complaining that the universal concept of using the
: discriminant values as the constraints is not applicable to all
: types. This irregularity causes abberations all over the language
: design.

What kind of algorithms do you have in mind that would profit greatly
from using an array with irregular offsets from one component to the
next?



Georg