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Subject: Re: How to loop (elegant) throug a vector ?
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Reinert Korsnes wrote:
> 
>    for k in 1 .. Positive(X.Length) loop
>        do_something(X.Element(k));
>    end loop;
> 
> Could anybody suggest improvements for the three
> last lines in the code?

for K in 1 .. X.Last_Index loop
    Do_Something (X.Element (K) );
end loop;

Since the correct name for this package is Unbounded_Arrays, it makes sense to 
iterate over it in a manner to iterating over an array.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"C's solution to this [variable-sized array parameters] has real
problems, and people who are complaining about safety definitely
have a point."
Dennis Ritchie
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