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From: "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
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Subject: Re: confusion with string initialization
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:01:36 +0200
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brett a �crit :
> I'm trying to learn Ada 2005 with GNAT ( Linux) and are having problems with string initialization using the 
> 
> bs := 20 * " ";  
> 
> construct, which always gives an error 
> 
> "universal integer expected"
> 

presumably, you forgot the with and/or use clauses for the
string package. Therefore the only "*" operator that's visible is the
one between universal integers (i.e. bare numbers).

Remember: you can use something in Ada only if it is made visible by the
appropriate clauses.


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