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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: FAQ and string functions
Date: 05 Aug 2002 09:29:29 -0400
Date: 2002-08-05T13:38:01+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u3ctth1s6.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D4B4477.500088B@san.rr.com

Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com> writes:

> Tell me how you declare a variable for an array whose bounds you don't know
> until after you're past the declaration? Tell me how you add more elements
> to the end of an array?

Use SAL.Poly.Unbounded_Array. As has been said before, you just need
the appropriate library.

> You can't do something like X := X & Y as far as *I* understand.

Hmm. SAL.Poly.Unbounded_Array does not currently provide this operator
(no one has asked for it :). But it clearly can.

> > You are quite correct there. All that stuff is basicly equivalent to
> > Unbounded Lists and Maps, which is a known deficiency that will
> > (hopefully) be addressed in the next version of the language.
> 
> That's good news!  My concern is that while you *can* implement it, if it
> doesn't come with the language, you're likely to wind up having incompatible
> implementations between packages. 

Exactly. But the only way to ensure that it gets into the next version
of the language is to start implementing it now, so we have a solid
proposal.

-- 
-- Stephe



  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-08-05 13:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-30  6:32 FAQ and string functions Oleg Goodyckov
2002-07-30  8:52 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2002-07-30 13:48 ` Ted Dennison
2002-07-31  4:52   ` Brian May
2002-08-01 16:09     ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-02  0:21       ` Brian May
2002-08-02  1:56         ` tmoran
2002-08-02 13:59         ` Ted Dennison
2002-07-31  7:46   ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-07-31  9:04     ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2002-07-31  9:39       ` Pascal Obry
2002-07-31 15:06         ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-07-31 16:50       ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-07-31 20:16     ` Simon Wright
2002-07-31 20:56       ` Robert A Duff
2002-08-01  0:11         ` Darren New
2002-08-01  1:08           ` tmoran
2002-08-01  9:25           ` Brian May
2002-08-01 11:20           ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-01 15:43             ` Darren New
2002-08-01 21:37               ` Robert A Duff
2002-08-03  0:42                 ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-03 13:51                   ` Robert A Duff
2002-08-03 16:43                   ` Darren New
2002-08-05 13:37                   ` Stephen Leake
2002-08-02  8:01               ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-02 16:09                 ` Darren New
2002-08-01 11:09         ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-01 14:08           ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-08-01 15:06             ` Robert A Duff
2002-08-01 16:05             ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-01 14:57         ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-07-31 22:04     ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-07-31 15:23       ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-01 21:57         ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-08-01 13:10           ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-02 23:29             ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-08-02 16:35               ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-05 11:50                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-08-05 14:29                   ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-08-05 14:57                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-08-05 15:12                   ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-05 16:20                   ` Darren New
2002-08-05 17:01                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-08-05 17:48                       ` Darren New
2002-08-05 19:06                         ` tmoran
2002-08-05 20:08                           ` Darren New
     [not found]                     ` <slrnakv3q9.p2.lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de>
     [not found]                       ` <3D4FEFCB.3B74F5E5@san.rr.com>
2002-08-14  0:07                         ` Randy Brukardt
2002-08-01 14:29     ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-01 16:47       ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-02 14:05         ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-02 16:11           ` Darren New
2002-08-03  0:30             ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-03  0:58               ` Darren New
2002-08-03  2:04                 ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-08-03  2:32                 ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-03  2:47                   ` Darren New
2002-08-03 12:41                     ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-03 16:53                       ` Darren New
2002-08-04  1:08                         ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-04 16:23                           ` Darren New
2002-08-05  2:16                             ` Robert Dewar
2002-08-05  3:45                               ` Darren New
2002-08-05  9:56                     ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2002-08-05 16:02                       ` Darren New
2002-08-14  0:42                         ` Randy Brukardt
2002-08-14  1:45                           ` Darren New
2002-08-14 19:37                             ` Randy Brukardt
2002-08-14 20:25                               ` Stephen Leake
2002-08-14 20:22                           ` Stephen Leake
2002-08-15 19:24                             ` Randy Brukardt
     [not found]                         ` <jb1vkustkugeutalhvrhv1n0k9hqn2fpip@4ax.com>
     [not found]                           ` <3D4FF351.8F4A6C0A@san.rr.com>
2002-08-14  1:03                             ` Randy Brukardt
2002-08-14  1:05                       ` Robert A Duff
     [not found]                       ` <3D4EA1AC.80D17170@s <wccofc6b66u.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>
2002-08-14 20:29                         ` Stephen Leake
2002-08-26 17:53                           ` Robert A Duff
2002-08-26 18:40                             ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-08-26 18:52                               ` Robert A Duff
2002-08-26 21:46                                 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-08-05 13:29                     ` Stephen Leake [this message]
2002-08-03  5:07                   ` achrist
2002-08-03 12:52                     ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-05 15:34                       ` Ted Dennison
2002-08-05 13:24                 ` Stephen Leake
2002-08-05 16:02                   ` Darren New
2002-08-05  7:18           ` Oleg Goodyckov
2002-08-02  1:04     ` tmoran
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