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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: Ada and Internet stuff
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> I thought I could do
>   declare
>     s : String;
>   begin
>     s := Encode(yadda);
>   end;
> but that doesn't work. Bummer.

But
  declare
    s : String := Encode(yadda);
  begin
    ada.text_io.put_line(s);  -- or whatever...
  end;
does work and is a standard Ada cliche.