Ada Programming/Delimiters/box

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The box <> is a placeholder for something undefined.

[edit] In array declaration

Declare an array with bounds known only at runtime.

type Some_Array is (Integer range <>) of Some_Type;

[edit] Generic declaration of a discrete type

generic
   Discrete_Type is (<>);

It means that T must be a discrete type: either an enumeration, a range, or a modular type.

[edit] See also

[edit] Wikibook

[edit] Ada Reference Manual