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Subject: Re: String filtering
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>   function Intern(Table: in out Symbol_Table; -- illegal!
>                   X: String) return Symbol;
>...
>   Tok: Token := Get_Token(Stream);  [-- illegal]
>...
>   function Get_Line(S: in out Stream) return String; -- illegal!
Isn't that why
    function S'Input(Stream : access Ada.Streams.Root_Stream_Type'Class)
    return T;
takes an access parameter?
Is it very difficult to do the same with Intern or Get_Token or Get_Line?