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,f031433924c1a0a3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-24 10:01:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: String manupulation (again) - free software Date: 24 Aug 2001 10:01:42 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0108240901.21ee00b4@posting.google.com> References: <9m2sf3$8ru$1@snipp.uninett.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 998672502 4587 127.0.0.1 (24 Aug 2001 17:01:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Aug 2001 17:01:42 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12388 Date: 2001-08-24T17:01:42+00:00 List-Id: Reinert Korsnes wrote in message news:<9m2sf3$8ru$1@snipp.uninett.no>... > Below is also a test program for this package. > (package spec not included). The above comment seems to indicate that you do not understand the critical importance of the package spec. In fact for a package like this, the properly commented spec is far more important than the (essentially straightforward, if not trivial) implementation. It is the spec that embodies the real work, which is the interface design.