Re: How to loop (elegant) throug a vector ?

[Reinert Korsnes <a@b.no>]

Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:

> Reinert Korsnes wrote:
>> 
>>    for k in 1 .. Positive(X.Length) loop
>>        do_something(X.Element(k));
>>    end loop;
>> 
>> Could anybody suggest improvements for the three
>> last lines in the code?
> 
> for K in 1 .. X.Last_Index loop
>     Do_Something (X.Element (K) );
> end loop;
> 
> Since the correct name for this package is Unbounded_Arrays, it makes
> sense to iterate over it in a manner to iterating over an array.
>

Maybe better:

for K in X.First_Index .. X.Last_Index loop
    Do_Something (X.Element (K) );
end loop;

?

Just in case someone in the future change the vector indexing type.
The first element need not correspond to index = 1.

reinert