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Subject: Passing Range Parameters to new instance of unbounded, boxed <> array in Ada
From: Mace Ayres <mace.ayres@icloud.com>
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1) I declare - Type a_gear is array(index range <>) of Intgeger;

2) I want to create an instance of type a_gear
     Gear : a_gear (var_strt..var_end);
=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=
=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94-=20
Both 1 and 2 must be declared after =E2=80=A6. an =E2=80=98Is=E2=80=99 and =
before a =E2=80=98BEGIN=E2=80=99 of any code block

but I can=E2=80=99t code a sub program to get a user=E2=80=99s input for va=
r_strt and var_end until after a BEGIN statement which too late to pass to =
the parameterized unbounded/Box array gear.

I am not getting the proper visibility and scope to capture user=E2=80=99s =
parameters before I declare an instance, gear, of the type a_gear, an unbou=
nded array?