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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
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Subject: Re: reading a text file into a string
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:58:41 +0100
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Dale Stanbrough wrote:
> generic
>    with procedure Process (Line : String);
>    Max_Line_Size : Positive := 1000;
>    -- The maximum number of characters on any one line
>
> procedure Process_File (Filename : String);
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> it presumes a maximum line length, which is not so great, but
> is otherwise a very convenient generic.

But you could always override the default of 1000 with a more appropriate
value if you find it necessary.

Isn't there an arguement for defaulting to 250 characters/line? Can't
remember what it was off the top of my head but it is ringing a bell...