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From: Reivilo Snuved <odevuns@iname.JUNK.com>
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Subject: Re: Stream_Element_Array and an empty array
Date: 22 Aug 2001 15:56:55 +0200
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Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net> writes:

> Like for any array:
> 
>   A : Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Array (0 .. -1);
> 
> A'Length being defined as A'Last - A'First + 1, you will get a zero length.
> 

A (1 .. 0) is my favourite idiom.