Re: Two questions on arrays with size defined by variables

Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
[...]

I had other languages in mind.[*]
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Janis
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[*] For example Simula:
>
begin
    integer n;
    n := inint;
    begin
        integer array arr (1:n);
        arr(5) := 9;
    end
end
>
(Which is also understandable, since in Simula declarations must appear
before statements in any block.)

Apparently Simula doesn't allow variables to be initialized in their
declarations.  Because of that, `n := inint;` (where inint is actually a
call to a value-returning procedure) is a separate statement.  If
Simula supported C-style initializers, then presumably the inner block
would not be needed:

    begin
        integer n := inint;
        integer array arr (1:n);
        arr(5) := 9;
    end

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