From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Default values Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 17:32:57 -0600 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <284b95e9-f48a-498f-b3b4-d2dd148fad4a@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rrsoftware.com X-Trace: franka.jacob-sparre.dk 1482881577 21847 24.196.82.226 (27 Dec 2016 23:32:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 23:32:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:32965 Date: 2016-12-27T17:32:57-06:00 List-Id: "AdaMagica" wrote in message news:284b95e9-f48a-498f-b3b4-d2dd148fad4a@googlegroups.com... > See RM 4.3.1. In your case, > Latest_Data: Update := (others => <>); > Latest_Data: Update; > mean the same. Right. Each component is "initialized by default", which for Float and subtypes thereof means that they're uninitialized. Probably not what you want, but well-defined. Randy.