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From: Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch>
Subject: Re: Ada Calendar oddity <was Re: C date package>
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Geoff Bull:

> > Simple ;-) : you make a package Long_Calendar with all operators
> > and also conversions from and to Ada.Calendar.

> Sure, but you only have to do this because of the inadequacy
> of Ada.Calendar, not because it is fundamentally bad practice
> to use the standard Ada libraries.

I'm also from the opinion that the range for years in Ada.Calendar
is really too narrow - hence the smiley... Maybe widen this range
for Ada 0X ?...

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