Hi teamers,

I was working on a demonstration exercise for students the other day and
gave myself one heck of a surprise.
The idea was that I could increment an integer variable past Integer'Last
and trap the ensuing uproar, doing something useful with it without crashing
the program.  Well, ...that was the idea :(

I am using GNAT 3.13p -- is this a problem with the compiler or have I
misunderstood the purpose of CONSTRAINT_ERROR all these years?  Do I have to
do a manual check for run-time errors like this or am I doomed to have my
jet plane turn upside down when the variable goes from positive to negative?
;)

Keep the faith
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