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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Array of records with default values not propagating to array
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Bojan Bozovic <bozovic.bojan@gmail.com> writes:

> The compiler does compile assignment of others => <> to uninitialized
> record components as Mr. Simon Wright noticed above, I have reproduced
> the bug both with GNAT 2017 GPL and FSF GNAT on Cygwin (6.4.0),
> problem is I don't have GNAT Pro subscription for access to AdaCore
> GNAT tracker, and I can't open an account on GCC Bugzilla either, as
> my mail to administration is rejected and direct account creation is
> disabled. We can only hope that powers that be take notice of
> this. Thanks for the suggestions by the way.

Actually this is not a bug, it's required behaviour as in
ARM4.3.1(19.1)[1].

[1]
http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/rm12_w_tc1/html/RM-4-3-1.html#p19.1