On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Florian Weimer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ada supports variable-sized arrays as values, without indirection, so
> I would say it permits both.  Ada's arrays seem closer to vectors in
> your terminology.
>

By "without indirection", do you mean that they are unboxed?  You're going
to have to prove that to me by a pointer to the Ada standard.

If I recall correctly, Ada does support variable-length arrays whose size
is bound by a statically-known constant. I don't recall whether these are
considered unboxed types.

In general, the Ada specification is very careful to avoid specifying that
unconstrained arrays are unboxed. I believe that a fully conforming
implementation is free to box unconstrained arrays wherever they appear.
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