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4.3.1 Record Aggregates
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In a record_aggregate,
a value is specified for each component of the record or record extension
value, using either a named or a positional association.
Syntax
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record_aggregate
::= (
record_component_association_list)
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record_component_association_list
::=
record_component_association {,
record_component_association}
|
null record
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record_component_association
::=
[
component_choice_list => ]
expression
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component_choice_list
::=
component_selector_name {|
component_selector_name}
|
others
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A
record_component_association
is a
named component association if it has a
component_choice_list;
otherwise, it is a
positional component association.
Any positional component associations shall precede any named component
associations. If there is a named association with a
component_choice_list
of
others, it shall come last.
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In the record_component_association_list
for a record_aggregate, if there
is only one association, it shall be a named association.
Name Resolution Rules
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The expected type for a
record_aggregate
shall be a single nonlimited record type or record extension.
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For the
record_component_association_list
of a
record_aggregate, all components
of the composite value defined by the aggregate are
needed; for
the association list of an
extension_aggregate,
only those components not determined by the ancestor expression or subtype
are needed (see
4.3.2). Each
selector_name
in a
record_component_association
shall denote a needed component (including possibly a discriminant).
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The
expected type for the
expression
of a
record_component_association
is the type of the
associated component(s);
the
associated component(s) are as follows:
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- For a positional association, the
component (including possibly a discriminant) in the corresponding relative
position (in the declarative region of the type), counting only the needed
components;
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- For a named association with one or
more component_selector_names,
the named component(s);
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- For a named association with the reserved
word others, all needed components that are not associated with
some previous association.
Legality Rules
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If the type of a record_aggregate
is a record extension, then it shall be a descendant of a record type,
through one or more record extensions (and no private extensions).
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If there are no components needed in a given
record_component_association_list,
then the reserved words null record shall appear rather than a
list of record_component_associations.
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Each record_component_association
shall have at least one associated component, and each needed component
shall be associated with exactly one record_component_association.
If a record_component_association
has two or more associated components, all of them shall be of the same
type.
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If the components of a variant_part
are needed, then the value of a discriminant that governs the variant_part
shall be given by a static expression.
Dynamic Semantics
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The evaluation of a
record_aggregate
consists of the evaluation of the
record_component_association_list.
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For the evaluation of a
record_component_association_list,
any per-object constraints (see
3.8) for components
specified in the association list are elaborated and any
expressions
are evaluated and converted to the subtype of the associated component.
Any constraint elaborations and
expression
evaluations (and conversions) occur in an arbitrary order, except that
the
expression for a discriminant
is evaluated (and converted) prior to the elaboration of any per-object
constraint that depends on it, which in turn occurs prior to the evaluation
and conversion of the
expression
for the component with the per-object constraint.
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The expression
of a record_component_association
is evaluated (and converted) once for each associated component.
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7 For a record_aggregate
with positional associations, expressions specifying discriminant values
appear first since the known_discriminant_part
is given first in the declaration of the type; they have to be in the
same order as in the known_discriminant_part.
Examples
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Example of a
record aggregate with positional associations:
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(4, July, 1776) -- see 3.8
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Examples of record
aggregates with named associations:
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(Day => 4, Month => July, Year => 1776)
(Month => July, Day => 4, Year => 1776)
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(Disk, Closed, Track => 5, Cylinder => 12) -- see 3.8.1
(Unit => Disk, Status => Closed, Cylinder => 9, Track => 1)
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Example of component
association with several choices:
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(Value => 0, Succ|Pred => new Cell'(0, null, null)) -- see 3.10.1
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-- The allocator is evaluated twice: Succ and Pred designate different cells
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Examples of record
aggregates for tagged types (see 3.9 and 3.9.1):
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Expression'(null record)
Literal'(Value => 0.0)
Painted_Point'(0.0, Pi/2.0, Paint => Red)
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