Re: Allocation questions

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

xavier grave:
> > Or you could use a discriminant:
>
> >    type Samples (No_Of_Samples : Natural := 0) is
> >       record
> >          S : array (1 .. No_Of_Samples) of Sample;
> >       end record;
>
> My two cents about variant discriminant : IMHO one should avoid to
> declare No_Of_Samples as Natural and with a default value, because as
> far as I remember some compilers will book for S (1 .. Natural'Last) of
> Sample which can be a lot...
>
> May be some compiler guru can confirm or infirm this ?

I confirm this with GNAT even though I'm no guru. Well spotted,
Xavier.

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Ludovic Brenta.