From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!newsfeed1.swip.net!news.astraweb.com!border6.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.fr7!fx01.fr7.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: From: Mike H Reply-To: Mike Hopkins Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: need help learning Ada for a modula-2 programmer References: <878utybjxc.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M (<8c+$+zb077Pti5diXa8NqJs7Yt>) NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.104.138.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: 1391199581 83.104.138.185 (Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:19:41 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:19:41 UTC Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:16:56 +0000 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3666056474 X-Received-Bytes: 1432 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:18346 Date: 2014-01-31T20:16:56+00:00 List-Id: In message , Jeffrey Carter writes >On 01/30/2014 07:20 AM, Mike H wrote: >> >> P : Natural := Places rem A'LENGTH; > >This tends to fail in the (perfectly reasonable) case where A'Length = 0. > Ouch! Null arrays! -- Mike There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. - Hamlet (1.5.167-8)