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From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Concatenation and Characters
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:58:44 +0200
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 16:13:43 GMT, Robert A Duff
<bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:

>Fraser Wilson <newsfraser@blancolioni.org> writes:
>
>> "David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:
>> 
>> > You can just write 
>> >        return Array_Type (1 ..0);
>
>Ummm.  No, you can't, actually.  "Array_Type (1 ..0)" is not an
>expression, it's a subtype_mark.
>
>However, you can write this:
>
>    return (1..0 => 123);
>
>if the component type is Integer, say.  This is annoying, because you
>have to invent a completely junk value -- 123 is never used.

BTW, do you know a solution of this problem for generics? Let the
array element is a generic parameter and there is no Null_Element
parameter, where to get a junk value?

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