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From: "McDoobie" <chris@dont.spam.me>
Subject: Anonymous array clarification.
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 06:18:01 GMT
Date: 2001-08-20T06:18:01+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tY1g7.45466$K6.17744072@news2> (raw)

In Ada one can declare anonymous arrays (an array without a type assigned
to it.)  However what would such an array be used for, and are the bounds
on it's use the same as for any other type of array.

I guess what I'm asking is if I declare an array such as 

	some_array : array(1..N);

Can I assign values such as '1' '2' '3' 'H' 'y' '-' 'foo' all to the same
array? And how would  those values be stored in memory? As Hex data with
thier values revealed according to the  context of the code block they're
in? How would I tell it to read the data stored in that block as Integers,
Chars, et...?

As a side note, I'll be downloading the source code to GNAT so that I can
get a better  understanding as to how this all works.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

McDoobie

chris@dont.spam.me



             reply	other threads:[~2001-08-20  6:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-20  6:18 McDoobie [this message]
2001-08-20  8:03 ` Anonymous array clarification Phil Thornley
2001-08-20 16:49   ` Tables vs functions (was Re: Anonymous array clarification.) Ray Blaak
2001-08-20 17:28     ` Marin David Condic
2001-08-20 21:02       ` Samuel T. Harris
2001-08-21 14:13         ` Marin David Condic
2001-08-20  8:29 ` Anonymous array clarification David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-08-20 10:26 ` Larry Hazel
2001-08-20 13:37 ` Samuel T. Harris
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