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Samuel Tardieu wrote:

> Being more on the embedded side, I dislike any dynamic memory
> allocation which is not caused by an explicit "new".

You are allowed to have such likes and dislikes.  But I hope that when 
you have them in Ada programs you realize that there are standard 
packages that are not intended for use in such an environment.  The ARG 
is not going to require implementations to implement Text_IO in that 
way, if we did, it would just make us look silly.  Text_IO is a high 
level abstraction that is intended to hide file layouts, protocols and 
buffering from the user.  If you want your file buffers allocated by an 
explicit new, rather than an OS call, don't use Text_IO. 
Streams.Stream_IO or even Low_Level_IO are more appropriate in that 
situation.

-- 

                                                        Robert I. Eachus

�In an ally, considerations of house, clan, planet, race are 
insignificant beside two prime questions, which are: 1. Can he shoot? 2. 
Will he aim at your enemy?� -- from the Laiden novels by Sharon Lee and 
Steve Miller.