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From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:58:40 +0200
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Date: 2004-09-17T07:58:40+02:00
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Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>  
> : Now that you say it: True. Mind you, if space is a problem, you can
> : always do it the C way:
> : 
> : String_1  : aliased String = "1";
> : String_12 : aliased String = "12";
> : String_13 : aliased String = "13";
> : 
> : type String_Access  is access all String;
> : type Ragged is array (Integer range <>) of String_Access;
> : X : constant Ragged :=
> :    (  String_1'Access,
> :       String_12'Access,
> :       String_13'Access
> :    );
> 
> for constants,
> 
>    X: constant Ragged :=
>     ( new String'("1"),
>     ...
> 
> does just as well, the allocations are performed by the compiler,
> not at run time :-)

Really! I did not know that! Where does it say in the RM - or is a compiler
dependent optimisation.

With Regards

Martin
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