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Subject: Re: Comments requested for a couple of Ada-Comments submissions
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Date: 2014-07-11T09:24:36-07:00
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On Friday, July 11, 2014 11:04:31 AM UTC-5, Niklas Holsti wrote:
>    type Month_Days is array (Month) of Positive;
>    Normal_Year_Days : constant Month_Days :=
>       (Jan => 31, Feb => 28, Mar => 31, ..., Dec => 31);
>    Leap_Year_Days : constant Month_Days :=
>       (Normal_Year_Days changing Feb => 29);

The already existing keyword "others" looks more Ada-ish.  Plus, it foregoes the pain of introducing a new reserved keyword.

Leap_Year_Days : constant Month_Days :=
  (Feb => 29 others Normal_Year_Days);