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From: AdaMagica <christoph.grein@eurocopter.com>
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Subject: Re: Copying rows in a two dimensional array.
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> A pattern that I have used in some applications. I have an application
> that output structured strings, so I use something like that:
>
> =A0 =A0type Index is range 1 .. 100;
> =A0 =A0type Output is new String (Index);
>
> =A0 =A0subtype Label =A0 =A0is Index range 1 .. 10;
> =A0 =A0subtype Code =A0 =A0 is Index range 12 .. 18;
> =A0 =A0subtype Category is Index range 35 .. 50;
> =A0 =A0...
>
> You get the idea... Then the code is simply:
>
> =A0 =A0Put_Line (Line (Category));

This is a pattern I have used myself. So there's a strong opposition
to "useless slices" among Ada's aficionados.