From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" <wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>
Subject: Re: GNAT: Performance of String functions
Date: 1997/07/23
Date: 1997-07-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <33D678E6.6E23@pseserv3.fw.hac.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33D66563.3F86@link.com
Samuel Mize wrote:
>
> Tarjei Jensen wrote:
>
> > I'd be delighted if it is possible to write a portable bounded
> > string package
> > that does not copy blindly on assignment.
>
> Here's what I understand you want:
>
> 1 .... to 5 ....
Might also want "=" to work.
> You can get all but 4 (normal assignment) with a limited variant
> record with a discriminant (max length).
If there are "unused bytes" that are not determined by a discriminant,
then "=" may also have a problem (unless it is limited, in which case
there is no ":=" either.
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-07-18 0:00 GNAT: Performance of String functions Jakob Heinemann
1997-07-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-19 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-07-19 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-07-20 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-07-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-20 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-07-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-21 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-07-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-21 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen
1997-07-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-07-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-23 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen
1997-07-23 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-07-23 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923 [this message]
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-28 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-07-28 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-07-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-07-23 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Jakob Heinemann
1997-07-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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