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From: "Peter C. Chapin" <PChapin@vtc.vsc.edu>
Subject: Re: Single element arrays as function parameters
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:11:49 +0200, Mart van de Wege wrote:

> If I look at the language documentation, I'm guessing that this is
> because a single element array does not get recognised as being of type
> MM_Subtype, which is defined as
> 
> type MM_Subtype is array(Natural range <>) of Possible_MM_Subtype;
> 
> What *is* the best way to store an attribute which may be either a
> single enumeration element or a list of enumeration elements?

What about qualifying the aggregate:

   MM_Subtype'(Dwarf)

Peter