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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-30 05:30:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F797748.3000203@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? References: <1064527575.648809@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F739C1D.4030907@attbi.com> <3F78E850.8010401@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:30:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.26.251 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1064925013 209.165.26.251 (Tue, 30 Sep 2003 05:30:13 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 05:30:13 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5 Date: 2003-09-30T12:30:13+00:00 List-Id: I'm not even sure why Bounded_String exists - except for intellectual completeness. Yes, I can see where in some cases I might want the flexibility of Unbounded_String with the determinism of String. However, in practice, I use either String or Unbounded_String. I don't even think I ever took the shrink-wrap off of Bounded_String. If I really needed it, I could create it on my own rather easily. But I've never needed it. I suppose it would not hurt too much to make a Bounded_String version. More for completeness than anything else. (It would look kind of silly to be able to do a Get_Line or Put_Line of String or Unbounded_String but not Bounded_String, right?) But I'd be curious to know if there is *anybody* out there using Bounded_String on a regular basis. (Maybe it should be depricated?) There's another reason for having a conventional library outside of the ARM - we could have experimented with the three string packages and discovered if there was much interest in a Bounded_String before committing it to permanent existence as part of the standard. MDC Preben Randhol wrote: > > > Will there be a Bounded_String too? > > Preben -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for." --Logan Pearsall Smith ======================================================================