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"Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@remove.this.grad.com> wrote in message 
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> If you are having for loops with arrays in mind, a simple high level safe 
> C++ solution exists. Consider:
>
>
> #include <algorithm>
> #include <vector>
>
> inline int doubleF(const int &arg) { return 2*arg; }
>
> // ...
>
> vector<int>someArray(10, 1);
>
> // ...
>
> transform( someArray.begin(), someArray.end(),
>            someArray.begin(), doubleF );
>
>
> This can't ever be out of bounds.
>
Much more just array accesses.  Variables of particular units that must stay 
within range (i.e., lat/long, BAMS, radians, velocities, altitudes, depths, 
etc.).  I'm not saying this can't be done in C++, because I've done it. 
It's just easier in Ada.