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From: "McDoobie" <chris@dont.spam.me>
Subject: Anonymous array clarification.
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Date: 2001-08-20T06:18:01+00:00
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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