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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Easy question about Character manipulation
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:39:23 -0500
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:24:45 -0500, Robert A Duff wrote:
>
>> "Jeffrey R. Carter" <jrcarter@acm.org> writes:
>> 
>>> Let me emphasize:
>>>
>>> Size : constant := 10;
>>>
>>> There's no reason for Size to be an object, much less a variable.
>> 
>> I agree that it should probably be constant, but why not give it a type,
>> as in:
>> 
>>     Size : constant Integer := 10;
>> 
>> I think named numbers are a kludge, and should usually be avoided.
>
> I would agree if Universal_Integer were a proper type name. Integer tells
> too much.

Well, Universal_Integer is just Root_Integer'Class.  But I agree, they
should have names.  Actually, the name for Root_Integer should be
Integer.

And the name for Standard.Integer should be
Not_Standard_At_All.Machine_Integer.  ;-)

- Bob