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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Generic package array parameter
Date: 1999/11/13
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"Matthew Heaney" <matthew_heaney@acm.org> writes:

> Don't criticize what you don't understand.
> 
> (Anonymous array types aren't allowed because, what would "=" mean for
> the type?  What would ":=" mean for the type?
> 
>   function (L, R : ???) return Boolean;
> 
> What's the type of the formal parameters of function "="?

Well, for regular run-of-the-mill anonymous array types,
the answer is that ??? is the anonymous array type.
Eg:

    X: array(Integer range 1..10) of Character := "abcdefghij";
    ...
    if X = "Hello, world" then ...

But I think Tucker's idea (never use anonymous array types)
is better, at least as a rule of thumb.

- Bob