Pete <tyrone@nowhere.org> a �crit dans le message : qzB_4.10571$kf5.79533@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com...
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> > 2) The Java syntax is nice - only at initialisation time. You have no
> aggregates in Java, so the corresponding
> syntax would not be
> > allowed if you wanted to put other values in the array after
> initialisation.
>
>     i'm not sure what you mean...if i wanted to change an element of the
> string array, i would just assign it
> via s[i] = <whatever>
Here you are assigning an element, not the array. I was talking about assigning the whole array; but of course, there is no such
thing as value assignment in Java...

> you could also resize the array, without any looping statements
> (System.arrayCopy)
In ada, System.arrayCopy is called ":=". Talking about conciseness...

>  also
> suppose the ada array (1 based)
>
> AR : constant String_List := (new String'("have"), new String'("a"), new
> String'("good"), new String'("day"));
>
> i hope that i can say ar(2) := <variable length string> without having to
> worry about contraint errors, or having to free the old ar(2) first, the
> compiler should be smart enough to figure it out.
String is not a variable string. If you want to have variable, unlimited strings with hidden memory allocation and automatic
recollection, use Unbounded_String!

As far as freeing (or collecting) memory is concerned, I hope you know that NO Java compilers does that. Garbage collection is a
property of the JVM, and will apply equally to all languages running on the JVM (Java, Ada, or any other)

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