Re: File output and buffering

[Georg Bauhaus <see.reply.to@maps.futureapps.de>]

Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> Let's suppose that I want to add buffering to my output. I can write
> the stream type that does the necessary magic, but how can I reuse the
> formatting machinery that is already available in Ada.Text_IO and
> related packages?

Some formatting procedures from {Number}_IO and from Editing
can write to a String instead of to a File_Type.
Can you stream the strings to a buffer?

There is an article on AdaPower entitlet something like
"How to access memory as a String". I think it will
illustrate reliable tricks, possibly of some use when
handling data in the "external" world.

In any case, char_array values are good for OS
procedures of names like write, read, and so on.

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