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Subject: Re: Missing Index Value in Array Aggregate
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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:05:11 -0400
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csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) writes:

>      I should have given more detail of the context.
> Although it's not relevant now, here it is: The aggregate
> was the initial value of a constant array object, the type
> of that object being an anonymous array type whose index
> is a constrained enumeration type.  My compiler did give
> me the (proper) warning of a constraint error at run time.
> Unfortunately, the warning was overlooked because the
> compiler tends to put out a bunch of warnings of much
> less value.

What compiler?

With GNAT, I have a policy to eliminate _all_ warnings by fixing the
source code. Same with Gnu C, when I'm forced to use that.

Doing so fixes bugs.

Sometimes I have to resort to a compiler switch to suppress a
warning, but very rarely.

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-- Stephe