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From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: [Q] Returning Strings From A Function
Date: 1997/04/07
Date: 1997-04-07T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E89sJq.62y@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01bc42af$e32e3ea0$90f482c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com


In article <01bc42af$e32e3ea0$90f482c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com>,
Nick Roberts <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>   FS: Filename_String := ""; -- unconstrained type, so must be initialised

FS is forever constrained to length zero.

>   FS := Text_IO.Name(F); -- constraint error raised if longer than 12

No, this will raise C_E, unless the name is of length zero.

Ada's built-in arrays cannot change size.

- Bob




  reply	other threads:[~1997-04-07  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-04-04  0:00 [Q] Returning Strings From A Function John McCabe
1997-04-04  0:00 ` Joakim Olsson
1997-04-05  0:00 ` John McCabe
1997-04-05  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-05  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-06  0:00     ` John McCabe
1997-04-06  0:00       ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-06  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-06  0:00         ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-07  0:00           ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1997-04-08  0:00             ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-07  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-05  0:00 ` johnherro
1997-04-05  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-06  0:00     ` John McCabe
1997-04-06  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-05  0:00   ` Mark & Zurima McKinney
1997-04-07  0:00     ` johnherro
1997-04-07  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-07  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-07  0:00       ` johnherro
1997-04-08  0:00     ` Jeff Carter
1997-04-09  0:00     ` Looking for an Ada SCIENTIFIC UNITS checking package Ron House
1997-04-06  0:00 ` [Q] Returning Strings From A Function John McCabe
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