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From: ROSS@UCF1VM.BITNET (Bri)
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Subject: Ident vs Designator
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Date: 1 Jul 90 05:21:22 GMT
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I would like to know the reasoning behind the requirement
of using an Ident instead of a Designator as the index variable
in a FOR statement.

I do not see why the use of Designators is not allowed.

FOR record.integer := 1 TO 10 DO
END; (* FOR *)

Such a case causes no problems for compilers or loaders and seems quite
logical.

Anyone have any comments or reasons as to why such a restriction/definition
was written into the language?


Bri

Brian Ross

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