[University] maybe an error
Itits Asecret
itisasecret999 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 24 18:08:50 CEST 2015
Dear Quentin Ochem,
According to slide 28 of
https://github.com/AdaCoreU/Courses/blob/master/lectures/03_Programming_in_the_Large/02_Type_Safety/slides/Strong_Typing.ppt?raw=true
the below code is correct, because
"T is a subtype of Integer. Therefore, V1 and V2 are of the same type"
procedure weirdada is
subtype T is Integer range 1 .. Integer'Last;
V1 : Integer := 0;
V2 : T := V1;
begin
null;
end;
But what is the purpose of a range declaration if I am allowed violate it?
My thinking seems correct, since there is a warning at compiletime,
and an exception at runtime.
$ ./gnat-gpl-2014-x86-linux-bin/bin/gnatmake weirdada.adb
gcc -c weirdada.adb
weirdada.adb:4:19: warning: value not in range of type "T" defined at line 2
weirdada.adb:4:19: warning: "Constraint_Error" will be raised at run time
gnatbind -x weirdada.ali
gnatlink weirdada.ali
$ ./weirdada
raised CONSTRAINT_ERROR : weirdada.adb:4 range check failed
Is the slide incorrect, or am I misunderstanding something?
Thanks in advance, Peter.
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