Re: Expectation of Access Value Equality

["Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk>]

"chris" <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> > (c) What would you think of an implementation that caused this
behaviour?
> > (What would you think of an implementation that printed four lines in
both
> > cases?)
>
> It wouldn't be obeying the typing rules of the language.  Perhaps you
> meant A_String_Array to accesses to A_String?  If so,

I'm sorry, I did mean:

   type A_String_Array is array (Positive range <>) of A_String;

instead of:

   type A_String_Array is array (Positive range <>) of String;

> (a) I would expect 4 lines
> (b) ditto
> (c) it'd be working correctly iiu the languages rules correctly.
>
> > (d) I'd be grateful for a very brief indication of your level and broad
> > area(s) of programming experience, in Ada and other languages.
>
> Familiar: Ada, Java, Pascal
>
> Ok: C, SQL
>
> Dabbled In: C++, Erlang, Haskell
>
> I'm a student with 0 years industry service behind me so I don't use Ada
> everyday, if that's relevant.

Thank you Chris, it's relevant, and it's useful. Thanks!

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