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From: aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk (Aidan Skinner)
Subject: Re: Question for the folks who designed Ada95
Date: 1999/04/29
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:18:38 +0200, Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
<tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.no> wrote: 

>Arrays as functions? Since when could you assign to a function??

Dont think of it as 
      a(5) := b;
     
but as
     a(5).all := b;

where you're not assigning to a function, but to an object via a pointer.

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