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: 2003-10-02 09:39:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F7C54C1.8020903@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> <3F797748.3000203@noplace.com> <834clb.uan1.ln@skymaster> <3F7AC5B0.9080108@noplace.com> <3F7C1BE6.5060100@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:39:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.25.110 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1065112783 209.165.25.110 (Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:39:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:39:43 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:123 Date: 2003-10-02T16:39:43+00:00 List-Id: Well, not exactly - at least not in the usage I've had. I simulated something like Bounded_String in Ada83 because I had nothing else. I had my own utilities for String because I had nothing else. In Ada95, I've got Ada.Strings for any sort of fixed-allocation string needs and I've got Unbounded_String for anything else that didn't have some fixed allocaton requirement. I just find little need for the middle-ground of Bounded_String and I think it is sufficiently inconvenient that I don't use it. Apparently, others do have some use for them. Fine. But in asking if a feature is needed, one needs to look at real-world use rather than an intellectual argument that "Feature X is cool..." It might make an interesting PhD disertation to research usage of various Ada95 features in real applications and what conclusions could be drawn about the kinds of things languages ought to support. MDC Preben Randhol wrote: > > Exactly! Bounded_Strings. > > 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 ======================================================================