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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: problemn with string'last
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 14:08:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u32rj6$28c34$2@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u32okt$2aep1$1@dont-email.me>

On 2023-05-05 13:17, Jeffrey R.Carter wrote:

> However, it's important to remember that 'Last is not necessarily the 
> same as 'Length because 'First is not necessarily one. This is 
> especially important in subprograms that take String parameters, as they 
> are often passed slices.

Non-sliding indices is one of the most useful Ada features. You can pass 
indices around as-is, which is extremely helpful when processing strings.

You will also find that actually 'Length and 'Last have different types, 
which is quite useful as well.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-05 12:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-05  9:51 problemn with string'last Daniel Gaudry
2023-05-05 10:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-05-05 11:17 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2023-05-05 12:08   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2023-05-05 16:28   ` Manuel Gomez
2023-05-05 16:33     ` Simon Wright
2023-05-05 18:18       ` Manuel Gomez
2023-05-05 19:52         ` J-P. Rosen
2023-05-05 20:44         ` Simon Wright
2023-05-05 23:27           ` Jeffrey R.Carter
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