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From: "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
Subject: Re: Q: discrete_subtype_definition: static only cases?
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 23:02:28 +0200
Date: 2020-06-07T23:02:28+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <rbjkl3$5eh$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <hk41pvFpuqaU1@mid.individual.net>

Le 07/06/2020 à 13:36, Niklas Holsti a écrit :
> On 2020-06-07 13:40, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>> Le 07/06/2020 à 11:27, gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com a écrit :
>>> Are there cases in the Ada syntax where a discrete_subtype_definition
>>> (RM 3.6 (6)) is expected to be determined at compile-time?
>>>
>>> For instance, for array indices or "for" loops, it can be static or
>>> dynamic.
>>> Same for subtypes.
>>
>> No. The basic principle is that types are static (they determine the
>> underlying representation) and subtypes are dynamic.
> 
> Subtype indications in case statements and record type declarations with
> variant parts must be static.
> 
But these are subtype indications, not subtype definitions.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-06-07 21:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-07  9:27 Q: discrete_subtype_definition: static only cases? gautier_niouzes
2020-06-07 10:40 ` J-P. Rosen
2020-06-07 11:36   ` Niklas Holsti
2020-06-07 12:05     ` Niklas Holsti
2020-06-07 21:02     ` J-P. Rosen [this message]
2020-06-08  4:55       ` gautier_niouzes
2020-06-07 12:13   ` gautier_niouzes
2020-06-07 13:02     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-06-07 13:14       ` gautier_niouzes
2020-06-07 13:50         ` AdaMagica
2020-06-07 14:11           ` gautier_niouzes
2020-06-07 13:00 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-06-11  5:36 ` reinert
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