Re: Q: Line_IO

[Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de>]

Ludovic Brenta schrieb:
> Georg Bauhaus wrote on comp.lang.ada:
>>    BUFSIZ: constant := 8_192;
> [...]
>>    SL : constant Natural := Separator_Sequence'Length;
>>    subtype Extended_Buffer_Index is Positive range 1 .. BUFSIZ + SL;
> 
> Since BUFSIZ is obviously chosen as an integral number of hardware
> memory pages, the extended_buffer uses two pages plus two bytes. How
> about allocating a buffer of BUFSIZ bytes and using only BUFSIZ-SL for
> the string and the remaining SL bytes for the terminator?

I had made the buffer have BUFSIZ + Separator_Sequence'Length
elements because Stream_IO.Read would then have BUFSIZ bytes
into which to store its data.  I was only guessing that this
would matter; indeed, it is somewhat faster than using BUFSIZ = 128.
But growing beyond 8192 did not have an effect.  I'll try others.

Another thing:
The names look bit bulky, at least from a "molecular source
pattern" matching point of view.  But I can't produce better
short and meaningful names that are still Ada.  Is it enough
to add a few empty lines?  Ideas welcome.