From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5430b81ad265fc75 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-13 23:47:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc03.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Array Of Constant Strings? References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc03 1045208858 12.234.13.56 (Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:47:38 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:47:38 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:47:38 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34091 Date: 2003-02-14T07:47:38+00:00 List-Id: > a more versatile solution would be to use aliased strings, and string In what way is that better than the simple solution of saying you've got names, which are 7 character strings, and you've got an array of them?