From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6cb2525ffbfe23ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Brian Hanson Subject: Re: Ada multiple string personalities. why so many? Date: 1999/02/22 Message-ID: <36D17DA9.8AD11783@lawson.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 447150383 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <36C5B28C.F32C43A4@jps.net> <7acj53$1vu@news3.newsguy.com> <7af68r$52o$1@platane.wanadoo.fr> <7ahq7p$s6k$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7ak471$rt9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7akabo$1uk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7akgld$5ue@drn.newsguy.com> <36cdddc8.12285254@news.pacbell.net> <7akpgn$ipc$1@its.hooked.net> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@mr.net X-Trace: news.mr.net 919677420 4511 206.145.14.2 (22 Feb 1999 09:56:59 GMT) Organization: Lawson Software Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Feb 1999 09:56:59 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-02-22T09:56:59+00:00 List-Id: Mike Silva wrote: > Tom Moran wrote in message <36cdddc8.12285254@news.pacbell.net>... > >>In C++, there is only one header that defines > >>one string container template thing that holds > >>character things. just one. > > > >>So, a C++ string is like that of Ada's ada.strings.unbounded.string. > > > There is only one string in Ada 95, Unbounded String, just like C++ > >(Just forget any rumors you've heard or texts you've read about fixed > >or limited length strings ;) > > Really? I'm just an Ada novice, but I've programmed lots of embedded > systems and I can't imagine using unbounded strings (in whatever language) > where I would need strings in such systems. Shhhhhhh... Yes they do exist but there is no need to disturb Mike with these obviously useless bounded and fixed length strings.