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From: mfb@mbunix.mitre.org (Michael F Brenner)
Subject: Re: GNAT's Text_IO & empty files
Date: 1998/07/07
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Date: 1998-07-07T00:00:00+00:00
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   > ... just stating that every line ends with an end-of-line ...

Just stating that every (line/page) end with an end-of-(line/page) 
does not quite answer the question of whether a file with zero lines
and zero pages is permitted. 

The manual should explicitly state that the user may create lines with no
characters other than the end-of-line sequence, pages with no lines,
and files with no pages, to make it perfectly clear what is required in
order to faithfully copy files.