Why always open array as parameter?

From: Wijck, Bart van <"Wijck,>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:07:12 +0100

All,

Why do I get an incompatible assignment on Do(f) when compiling the
following?

MODULE BarbB;

IMPORT StdLog;

VAR
        f : ARRAY 8 OF CHAR;

(*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*)
PROCEDURE Do(fid : ARRAY 8 OF CHAR);
BEGIN
        StdLog.String('SOMETHING'); StdLog.Ln;
END Do;

(*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*)
PROCEDURE Test;
BEGIN
        f := "123";
        Do(f); (* HERE *)
END Test;

(*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*)

END BarbB.

It's solved by making fid an open array. But why can't one pass fixed arrays
of the same size? Seems odd.

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Received on Tue Dec 11 2001 - 14:07:12 UTC