Confused about this VHDL Type

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I'm reading a textbook chapter on A simple Processor Design with VHDL 
for FPGA
What i don't understand is some of the defines he makes in a package to 
make the description of the processor simpler.
The snippet i'm having trouble with is here http://pastebin.com/qBV04SdP
I do not understand "IMEMArray" type and its purpose
The text book says "The subtype IMem_array is used in an implementation 
as the type of the instruction memory"
But isn't the type "instruction_array" a type for ROM.
So wouldn't "IMemArray" be a array of several memories?
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      constant IMem_addr_width : positive := 12;
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      constant IMem_size : positive := 2**IMem_addr_width;
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      subtype IMem_addr is unsigned(IMem_addr_width - 1 downto 0);
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      subtype instruction is unsigned(17 downto 0);
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      type instruction_array is array (natural range <>) of instruction;
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      subtype IMem_array is instruction_array(0 to IMem_size - 1);
> But isn't the type "instruction_array" a type for ROM.
Yes.

> So wouldn't "IMemArray" be a array of several memories?
Yes.
So the title of the book should be: "A obscured Processor Design 
with..." ;-)

Duke
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Ok. You are are right.
I usually have only one instruction memory array. And this is usually 
(or unfortunately?) not unconstrained :-)

So I'm not very familiar with the unconstrained array construct.

Duke

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