Re: Ada 95 case statement incompatibility?

[bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)]

In article <4vv4bs$hb8@erlang.praxis.co.uk>,
Gavin Finnie <gavin@praxis.co.uk> wrote:
>  type A is array (1..10) of integer;
>  subtype S is integer range A'FIRST..A'LAST;  -- static in 95, but not in 83
>  x : S;
>  ...
>  case x is
>    when integer'FIRST..3 => ... ;
>    when 4..6 => ... ;
>    when 7..integer'LAST => ... ;
>    -- legal Ada 83 since all values of S'BASE *must* be covered
>    -- illegal Ada 95 since S is now static, so only 1 to 10 allowed
>  end case;

Yes, we missed that one.

>A similar problem occurs if the expression is a call to a function which
>returns a value of a static subtype, since a function call is a name in Ada 95
>but not in Ada 83.

This one is documented in the AARM (see 5.4(18.b)), which is where the
language design team put such information.  It may have gotten added
rather late in the process, causing it to be missed in the Rat and the
Compat Guide.

>In practice, these problems are not likely to occur in many programs ...

Indeed.

- Bob