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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: A standardized pathnames package for Ada 2005?
Date: 17 Dec 2002 12:45:51 -0600
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In article <BA2525C4.14A8%yaldnifw@blueyonder.co.uk>, Bill Findlay <yaldnifw@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> It might usefully be generic, on parameters such as the max. length of a
> nodename, the max. length of the full pathname, the nodename separator,
> whether there is a distinguished root nodename and its separator, etc.

That does not sound very generic.

Larry Kilgallen
VMS user