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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: "NULL" returned by a function
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On 08/08/2014 03:04 PM, Victor Porton wrote:
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> But should I use a variant record EVEN IN THE CASE IF my data type T allows
> to store null values in it?

Probably not. But if you're writing Ada, and not pointer-heavy-language-in-Ada, 
then you're unlikely to be using access types.

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Jeff Carter
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