Get_Immediate warning, (was: How to get a character?)

[JS <john.doe@ddre.dk>]

Fraser Wilson wrote:
> 
> paene lacrimavi postquam Matthew Heaney scribavit:
> 
> >In my mind, I was thinking "return", even though he did say any key.
> 
> >Thanks for pointing this out to me.
> 
> By the way, if I really want a return I usually use Skip_Line, so
> that I don't have to worry about the input.  For some reason I
> have an irrational fear of Get_Immediate, but it's probably just me.

Not Quite irrational.
Since Get_Immediate is much less used, 
You can never be sure if it really works as it is supposed to
until you have verified it yourself for the compiler at hand.

One recent example is Object-Ada version 7.1.1 where it did not !

> 
> Fraser.
> (change i's to y's for my real email address)