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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: Array Of Constant Strings?
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> It won't let me just say:
>
>    Name_List : constant array(1..26) of String :=
>        ("Anthony", "Barbara", "Claudia", "Deborah" "Elliott",
>          .... and so on.
>
> because, as it informs me,
>
>     unconstrained element type in array declaration
But it *will* let you say:
  subtype Name_Strings is String(1 .. 7);

  Name_List : constant array(1 .. 26) of Name_Strings :=
       ("Anthony", "Barbara", "Claudia", "Deborah", "Elliott",
etc.