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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Copying rows in a two dimensional array.
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:58:36 -0500
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tmoran@acm.org writes:

>   In general, the index of a found item in an array search is more
> helpful than the offset.  For instance,
>   function Find_Biggest(X : in Array_Type) return Index_Type;
> leads to a cleaner recursive (or multitasking) divide-and-conquer
> routine than returning an offset into the array.  The offset is
> a means to the end, while the index is the end itself, and you can't
> return the index if you don't know the X'first.

Right, although it might be better to return a cursor.

- Bob