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From: Martin <martin@thedowies.com>
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Subject: Re: What would you like in Ada202X?
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On Friday, April 27, 2012 6:05:16 PM UTC+1, Simon Wright wrote:
> Martin <martin@...com> writes:
> 
> > 4) 'Image for records/arrays
> >
> > Or some means of iterating through each component, obtaining its name
> > and values, such that I could write my own function quickly.
> >
> > 5) The ability to override the 'Image function
> > 6) An alternative to 'Image that doesn't have a leading space for integers!
> 
> For symmetry, I suppose we'd need 'Value as well. Some might say it's
> less important, and if the only use of 'Image is in debugging, I might
> agree; but I've come across a case (white-box functional testing) where
> I needed both, Value so I could specify inputs and expected outputs, and
> Image so I could report when the results were wrong.

Sorry Simon, I don't understand why we would need another 'Value?...
Integer'Value (" 1") => 1
Integer'Value ("1")  => 1

What am I missing?!
-- Martin