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: 103376,47bc849aad30d586 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-31 15:24:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed Date: 31 May 2002 15:24:03 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0205311424.2a7f77c4@posting.google.com> References: <3CF5D7AC.975B0DB3@cs.tu-berlin.de> <4519e058.0205310825.868fe4a@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1022883843 6422 127.0.0.1 (31 May 2002 22:24:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 May 2002 22:24:03 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25128 Date: 2002-05-31T22:24:03+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote in message news:... > One thing I'm sitting and thinking about now is if it is possible to > make a procedure for storing a record or array and reading this back. I > mean a generic procedure. It'd be pretty easy, as long as the generic can own the array type. Hmmm. One thing I'm thinking is that this task might be a bit easier if the new version of Ada had the following: o The ability to specify the 'Image routine for user-defined types. o 'Image being defined by default to perform a 'Image on each component of a composite type (in order). Not being a compiler writer, I have no idea what kinds of cans of worms this would open for them though. -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com (Yahoo: Ted_Dennison) Homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html