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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Introductory Ada Programming Book
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"Niklas Holsti" <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On 17-01-04 15:44 , raph.amiard@gmail.com wrote:
...
>>> Oddly, variables are not initialised by default
>>> (Personal opinion: default initialization is a huge mistake)
>>
>> Ok but, besides the "oddly" qualifier, his statement is correct, right ?
>
> Except for variables of an access type, or (but perhaps this is not "by 
> default" in his view) of a record type where the components are given 
> initial default values.

And any type has that aspect Default_Value or Default_Component_Value 
specified (in Ada 2012). Effectively, you can program with all objects 
default initialized if you want that bad enough (although it isn't possible 
with some predefined types, like String).

                                 Randy.