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The Valid attribute can be used to check the validity of data produced by unchecked conversion, input, interface to foreign languages, and the like.
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For a prefix X that denotes a scalar object (after any implicit dereference), the following attribute is defined:
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X'Valid
Yields True if and only if the object denoted by X is normal and has a valid representation. The value of this attribute is of the predefined type Boolean.
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19 Invalid data can be created in the following cases (not counting erroneous or unpredictable execution):
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- an uninitialized scalar object,
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- the result of an unchecked conversion,
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- input,
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- interface to another language (including machine code),
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- aborting an assignment,
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- disrupting an assignment due to the failure of a language−defined check (see 11.6), and
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- use of an object whose Address has been specified.
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20 X'Valid is not considered to be a read of X; hence, it is not an error to check the validity of invalid data.
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21 The Valid attribute may be used to check the result of calling an instance of Unchecked_Conversion (or any other operation that can return invalid values). However, an exception handler should also be provided because implementations are permitted to raise Constraint_Error or Program_Error if they detect the use of an invalid representation (see 13.9.1).