From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 X-Received: by 2002:aed:2e65:: with SMTP id j92mr26490172qtd.333.1607384953049; Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:49:13 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:ac8:7501:: with SMTP id u1mr12648709qtq.346.1607384952930; Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:49:12 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!tr1.eu1.usenetexpress.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 15:49:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:3c3:401:f550:8495:2839:ecd9:c41d; posting-account=JSxOkAoAAADa00TJoz2WZ_46XrZCdXeS NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:3c3:401:f550:8495:2839:ecd9:c41d References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Advent of Code Day 7 From: John Perry Injection-Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2020 23:49:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:60759 List-Id: On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 5:44:48 PM UTC-6, Randy Brukardt wrote: > Entry: Bag_Entry := (Quantity => 10, Description => <>); > > In an aggregate, <> means a default initialized component. Following the Ada > Way TM ;-), one has to explicitly ask for a default initialized component -- > just leaving it out might have been a mistake or intended -- neither the > compiler nor a reader can tell. The above is clearly intended. That makes sense and works! Thank you! john perry