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From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: [Q] Returning Strings From A Function
Date: 1997/04/07
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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