From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: *\\~record depth~//*
Date: 1999/11/16
Date: 1999-11-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccu2mmw06c.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 80s28q$71j$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
> Best idea always make the type of the subscript explicit in
> the declaration. Either declare the subscript type, or use
>
> array (... range x .. y) of ...
I don't mind saying "array(x..y) of..." if x and y determine the type in
the non-confusing way (eg, maybe they're enumeration literals). But I
never say "array (1..10) of ..." because I think the fact that it
defaults to Integer is an ugly kludge in the language design.
- Bob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-11-16 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-09 0:00 *\\~record depth~//* G
1999-11-08 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-09 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-11-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-09 0:00 ` oops - same with neater formatting G
1999-11-15 0:00 ` *\\~record depth~//* Mario Amado Alves
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-16 0:00 ` G
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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