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From: porton@ex-code.com (Victor Porton)
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Subject: Re: Ada Configuration API for Unix and Windows
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In article <903lsa-l91.ln@uli.uli-eckhardt.de>,
	Ulrich Eckhardt <uli.e@gmx.de> writes:
> Stephen Leake wrote:
>> Ulrich Eckhardt <uli.e@gmx.de> writes:

> ak : Constant r_key := To_Key("A_Key");
> as : Constant r_section := To_Section("A_Section");

Well, better Key_Type("A_Key") and Section_Type("A_Section"),
it is less confusing and error-prone (no overloaded functions)
as is straight usage of type conversions, not anti-intuitive
(as shown by previous discussion) functions.