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From: ae@sei.cmu.edu (Arthur Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: integer'image
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Date: 18 Jan 91 19:13:43 GMT
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In-reply-to: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu's message of 18 Jan 91 03:42:57 GMT
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Michael Feldman (mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu) asks about the leading space in
INTEGER'IMAGE.

An Ada 9X Revision Request asking to eliminate this space was rejected
by the Requirements Team.  I don't speak for the Team.  However, I've
always assumed that the space was for symmetry with negative numbers.
That is, +N and -N always have a 'image of the same width.

Yes, getting rid of that space is a bother.  Better is to instantiate
Integer_IO.

Art Evans
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University