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Subject: Re: 4 beginner's questions on the PL Ada
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On Friday, August 9, 2013 3:16:34 PM UTC-7, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
>  
> > This may not be a concern for your present needs, though
> 
> > unnecessary non-portability usually bites you sooner or later in
> 
> > real projects.
>  
> Yes, I agree.
>  
> > An advantage of the technique used in PragmARC.Reflection is
> 
> > that it is part of the core language, and so implemented by all
> 
> > compilers, and the resulting string is defined by the language,
> 
> > and so is the same for all compilers.
>  
> That sounds great. Unless it requires lots of code, why don't you
> 
> just show me how it is done? It is much easier understanding that
> 
> way.

You can give/assign a name to a task the way you like by using predefined package Ada.Task_Attributes. In this case you most likely instantiate it with String subtype. Therefore, it is will be completely portable.

Anh Vo