Re: Using "pure" (?) Ada, how to determine whether a file is a "text" file, not a binary?

[Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com>]

On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 2:39:06 PM UTC-7, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Kenneth Wolcott writes: 
> > On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 1:39:30 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey R.Carter wrote: 
> >> On 2023-07-01 19:15, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> [...]
> >> For example, if a text file is one in which all the characters, except line 
> >> terminators, are graphic characters, then it should be clear how to determine 
> >> whether a file meets that definition of a text file. 
> > 
> > I think that is the definition that I'm going to pursue as the 
> > simplest and effective definition.
> Think about how you want to handle tab characters (non-graphic but 
> common in some text) and carriage return characters (non-graphic but 
> part of a line terminator for Windows-style text files). 
> 
> Also think about the various ways of representing text: ASCII, Latin-1, 
> UTF-8, UTF-16, etc. 

Thanks, Keith!

It looks like just need to more carefully examine the existing Ada I/O packages and experiment with the possibilities...

Ken