Re: Data_Error - Where in this code?

[Stewart <s_aitken@lineone.net>]

On Wed, 08 Aug 2001 08:08:24 -0500, Mark Johnson
<mark_h_johnson@raytheon.com> wrote:

>Stewart wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 06 Aug 2001 20:47:41 +0100, Stewart <s_aitken@lineone.net>
>> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>

>And as such - Max_Size cannot be used in an expression prior to its
>initialization. The line...
>  >      Input     : String (1 .. Max_Size);
>is such an expression. It requires the compiler to allocate "Max_Size" bytes of
>storage for the "Input" string. Let's say the Ada runtime gave you a default
>value of zero (0) for Max_Size - the statement above be equivalent to...
> >      Input     : String (1 .. 0);

The problem appears to have gone away when I glued fileload and menu
together. I moved the package definitions and the Max_Size : Positive;
to the main procedure definition area.
>
>Why not use...
>  Max_Size : Positive := 80; -- make it longer than any expected input line
>instead. Text_IO.Get_Line will read up to 80 characters from the input line & set
>Max_Size to the number of characters read. 

I tried this and the exception operated for the number I allocated to
Max_Size.

>The rest of the code is pretty user hostile, but "should work" as you expect.
>  --Mark

 Can I ask what you mean by user hostile?

I am using Skansholm's "Ada 95 from the beginning" as my learner's
bible.

any other advice gratefully received.

Stewart