From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham
	autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Thread: 103376,2cb1f0b6d642e1dc
X-Google-NewGroupId: yes
X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
Path: 
 g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.bbs-scene.org!xmission!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail
From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Pascal Calling Convention
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:10:25 -0400
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Message-ID: <wccwrjgzdgu.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>
References: <9b04626e-567d-408c-aab3-39b964b3ffd6@l2g2000prg.googlegroups.com>
 <op.vstkpc1rule2fv@index.ici> <ime30d$rrk$1@munin.nbi.dk>
 <op.vstobjtxule2fv@index.ici>
 <F8mdnYCca6tRJBfQnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>
 <lnipv89vg7.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <wccd3lf5gq6.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>
 <lny64384wx.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <wccbp0xy5hu.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>
 <4d90efdd$1$14806$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net>
 <330393be-cb82-4cd8-ba44-6e59af7b75bf@v11g2000prb.googlegroups.com>
 <4d90fd41$1$14782$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net>
 <d68b20bc-3aa5-4cc5-bd8e-a944dee20f24@a11g2000pri.googlegroups.com>
 <4d9148d2$1$14782$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net>
 <wcc7hbhu6cc.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>
 <9d1b632e-8185-40b6-b1e3-4781cb8bbe60@b22g2000prb.googlegroups.com>
 <wccaagc22nu.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>
 <8c1a9aac-cd54-4528-a771-0190eaec94e2@t19g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: pcls6.std.com 1301508625 5442 192.74.137.71 (30 Mar 2011 18:10:25
 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:10:25 +0000 (UTC)
User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (irix)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:+IU2IcqP1jOopYxmRGZPg+5JnHQ=
Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:19578
Date: 2011-03-30T14:10:25-04:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com> writes:

> Well, if this feature actually *were* added (ha), it should probably
> be allowed on any discrete subtype.  Using it on a subrange wouldn't
> gain you much:
>
>    subtype T is Integer range 1 .. 100;
>    type T_Array is array (natural range <>) of T;
>    X : T_Array (1..100) := (others => T'Arbitrary_Value);
>
> A compiler would most likely just generate the same code as (others =>
> T'First).  But it still would be useful to have this available in case
> T is a generic formal type.

What would it do for "subtype T is Integer range 1..0;"?  ;-)

- Bob