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From: Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>
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Subject: Re: How to define an array of a variant record type?
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Date: 2003-11-17T17:37:21+00:00

To simulate arrays of indefinite or unconstrained elements in Ada you
must use pointers (access types). Define an access type to your logical
type, then define an array of such pointers. Your life will be slightly
facilitated as Ada provides implicit dereference in most situations.