Re: Charles container library usage examples

[David Trudgett <wpower@zeta.org.au.nospamplease>]

Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:

> David Trudgett <wpower@zeta.org.au.nospamplease> writes:
>> 1. Is my INITIALIZE procedure more verbose than it needs to be? I
>>    wanted to put the array definitions inside the call to INSERT, but
>>    I don't think that's possible.
>
> procedure Initialize (Self : in out Board) is
> begin
>    Reset(Self);
>    Insert(Side_Corners, 2, (1, 3));
>    Insert(Side_Corners, 4, (1, 7));
>    Insert(Side_Corners, 6, (3, 9));
>    Insert(Side_Corners, 8, (7, 9));
> end Initialize;

Oops! Well, how about that! I thought I tried that, but obviously
not. I've changed it now and it works fine! Thank you.


>
>> 2. Did I need the separate file "corner_list.ads"? I tried to put it
>>    in "side_corners_map.ads", but the compiler didn't seem to like
>>    that idea.
>
> Yes, you need one because Side_Corner_Maps must be instantiated at
> "library level".  This prevents dangling references to nested types.

OK ;-) I'll take your word for it... ;-) 


Cheers,

David



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