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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: basic question on Ada programming
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:58:31 +0200
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On 19-01-24 05:59 , Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> I forgot these since I did not program in Ada for long time.
>
> Very basic question. In this
>
> ---------------------------
> with Ada.Text_Io;
> with Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays;
>
> procedure main is
>   A : constant Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays.Real_Matrix :=
>            (( 1.0,  2.0,  3.0),
>            ( 4.0,  5.0,  6.0),
>            ( 7.0,  8.0,  9.0));
>
>   v : constant Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays.Real_Vector := (1.0,2.0,3.0);
>   procedure put (x : Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays.Real_Vector) is
>     begin
>          FOR e of x LOOP
>              Ada.Text_Io.put_line(float'image(e));
>          END LOOP;
>    end put;
>    --use Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays;
> begin
>     put(A*v); -- error here, since it does not see *
> end main;
> ------------------
>
> How can I write put(A*v) above, without having to do
>
>      use Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays;
>
> above it?

Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays."*" (A,v)

Or do "use type Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays.Real_Matrix".

Or rename the operator "*" locally. But "use type" is better.

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Niklas Holsti
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