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Subject: Re: Beginning Ada Programming, by Andrew T. Shvets (2020)
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On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 6:33:33 PM UTC-4, Jere wrote:
> On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 6:18:30 PM UTC-4, Luke A. Guest wrote:
> > On 18/04/2020 22:54, cantanima wrote:
> > > On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 12:59:38 PM UTC-5, Jere wrote:
> > >> Actually it does work on low level arrays in C++.  It doesn't work 
> > >> on pointers to array elements however, which people often confuse
> > >> with arrays (that's how people most often pass them to functions, 
> > >> but there are other methods).
> > > 
> > > I didn't realize C++ had progressed to tracking how long a low-level array is, but in retrospect it's come along so much in terms of what you can do at compile-time that I should have tested before commenting. Thank you.
> > 
> > I don't think it can, I think the new iterator for loops are for stl
> > containers only. I could be wrong though.
> 
> C++ has had a lot of changes over the last decade or so.  This 
> example compiles and runs correctly:
> 
I fail at expressing what I mean!  This didn't come out the way I meant
it.  I thought you were referring to the old iterator style and it
is common for people not to be familiar with C++11 and higher even today.
Sorry if it came across in a bad way!  Not intended.