An
aggregate combines
component values into a composite value of an array type, record type,
or record extension.
The expected type for an
aggregate
shall be a single array type, a single type with the Aggregate aspect
specified (or a class-wide type rooted at such a type), or a single descendant
of a record type or of a record extension.
For the evaluation of an
aggregate,
an anonymous object is created and values for the components or ancestor
part are obtained (as described in the subsequent subclause for each
kind of the
aggregate)
and assigned into the corresponding components or ancestor part of the
anonymous object.
Obtaining the values and the assignments
occur in an arbitrary order.
The value of the
aggregate
is the value of this object.
If an
aggregate
is of a tagged type, a check is made that its value belongs to the first
subtype of the type.
Constraint_Error is raised if
this check fails. Any discriminant check is performed before the initialization
of any nondiscriminant component of the aggregate object.