From: "Toshitaka KUMANO" <[log in to unmask]>
> As for discrete_subtype_definition, the iteration scheme
>
>   for D in Some_Decrete_Type range Left .. Right loop
>     sequence_of_statements
>   end loop;
>
> is equivalent to
>
>   declare
>      D : Some_Decrete_Type := Left;
>   begin
>      while D <= Right loop
>          sequence_of_statements
>          D := Some_Decrete_Type'Succ (D);
>      end loop;
>   end;
>
FYI: this equivalence is wrong, a for loop is never equivalent to a while loop (unlike what C people think).
Hint: look at what happens when D=Some_Discrete_Type'Last

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