Re: Help With Ada_Io and Exceptions

["John G. Volan" <johnvolan@sprintmail.com>]

David H. Haley wrote:
> 
> -- I'm having a bit of a problem with Ada_Io.get after a Data_Error is
> raised,
> -- and am wondering if anyone can shed some light on this.

This is a FAQ. The problem is, when an Integer_IO.Get fails with a
Data_Error, the offending characters aren't eaten up. They remain in
file input stream, ready to offend again.  Clearly, your exception
handler needs to do something more than simply re-trying the Get: It
must clean out those offending characters.

Try doing a Skip_Line.

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