Re: if X in 1..35000 versus Boolean

[Jan Prazak <janp9@gmx.net>]

On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:18:54 -0100, Keith Thompson wrote:


> I think you're thinking of Pascal sets, not enumeration types.  Ada
> doesn't have built-in set types, though they're easy enough to
> implement.
> 
> If I recall correctly (it's been a while), in Pascal you can write
> something like:
> 
>     if X in [1 .. 4] then (* This is Pascal, not Ada *) begin
>         ...;
>     end;
> 
<snip>

Yes! That's exactly what I meant, but I gave it only another name.
Then I haven't misunderstood something, it just doesn't exist in Ada.

Jan