Re: different compilers: different standard types?????

["Marius Amado Alves" <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>]

> > String is another slightly disturbing thing. I'd rather have an
Ada.Arrays
> > generic on the types of index and element. Talk small. And then the same
> > "create your own integers" argument would apply here. Create your own
> > Strings. But this is designing a new language. (No, not C.)
>
> This is called a one-dimensional type declaration. For example, type
> String is defined as
>
> type String is array (Positive range <>) of Character;
> pragma Pack (String);
>
> What you want can be done in exactly the same way:
>
> type Ada_Array_Instantiation is array (Index [range <>]) of Element;

I know, and this is why I questioned the purpose of String (or Integer, or
Float). But I also meant a generic *package* Ada.Arrays. To have more
functionality for arrays than that provided by the language. Like
Ada.Strings, but for any element type.