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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: Simpler Question (was Assigning to dereferenced null access
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Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 04:43:43 GMT
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In article <3A0A24DF.38D9@li.net>,
  Vincent Marciante <marciant@li.net> wrote:
> Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> > ... it is hard to imagine a real program being
> > affected by this :-)
>
> Actually, similar code was part of the unbounded string
> components that are part of the original Booch Components!
> Executing that code when compiled with another compiler
> caused a constraint_error but not with GNAT.

Yes, but what I am saying is that it is hard to believe that
any code *depends* on getting a constraint_error for assigning
nothing in such a case :-)


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