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From: aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk (Aidan Skinner)
Subject: Re: How to initiate part of a string?
Date: 1998/09/29
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On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 02:32:14 GMT, dewarr@my-dejanews.com 
<dewarr@my-dejanews.com> wrote:

>In article <360a8549.265252@SantaClara01.news.InterNex.Net>,
>  tmoran@bix.com (Tom Moran) wrote:
>> >Txt: String(1..100) := (28..31=>"abcd", Others=>' ');
>> It looks nice, but it doesn't compile.
>
>Clearly this is illegal, compare with the obviously legal
>
>   Txt: String(1..100) := (28..31=>'x', Others=>' ');
>
>Clearly these cannot both be type correct. If you expect
>the top one to compile, you don't have a precise view of
>what is going on semantically.

Would 
	Txt: String(1..100) := (28..31 => 'a','b','c','d', Others => ' ');

be a good compromise in this situation? it looks nice and keeps the
same semantics. It then opens the possibility of

	Txt: string(1..100) := (28..31 => ('a'..'d'), Others => ' ');

- Aidan
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