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More Array Passing Designs

• Pascal
  • Not a problem (declared size is part of the array's type)

• Ada
  • Constrained arrays--like Pascal
  • Unconstrained arrays--declared size is part of the object declaration (See book example p. 351)

• Pre-90 FORTRAN
  • Formal parameter declarations for arrays can include passed parameters

        SUBPROGRAM SUB(MATRIX, ROWS, COLS, RESULT)
            INTEGER ROWS, COLS
            REAL MATRIX (ROWS, COLS), RESULT
            ...
        END