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From: Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>
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Subject: Re: for S'Image use Func??
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 10:58:46 -0700 (PDT)
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On May 6, 10:10=A0am, Warren <ve3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have tried to google for this and have not yet found
> a suitable answer, so I'll troll, er, poll for an
> answer here..
>
> Is there the ability to substitute your own S'Image
> function? For example, a basic interpreter might
> define:
>
> =A0type LNumber_Type is range 0..99_999;
>
> Can I declare..
>
> =A0for LNumber_Type'Image use LNumber_To_String;

No.

Broadly, you can't use a FOR attribute specification on every
attribute, just a few select ones that the language specifically says
you can.  'Image isn't one of those.

I think it's been mentioned a few times on this newsgroup that it
might be nice to have this ability, but I don't see that anyone has
submitted an actual language change proposal.

                                -- Adam