From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: obsolete ascii? (for language lawyers)
Date: 1999/06/29
Date: 1999-06-29T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7lb7ri$2g2@hobbes.crc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7las7v$5p0$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
Peter Hermann wrote in message
<7las7v$5p0$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>...
>LRM A.1(36) states an obsolete package ASCII.
>
>now look at my example:
>
> with text_io;
>procedure hello is
> bell : character := character'val(7);
> --bell2 : character := bel; -- is not allowed :-(
>begin
> text_io.put_line ("Hallo Welt..." & ascii.bel & bell);
> end hello;
>What is the reason for this degradation?
You would need a use clause for package ASCII, or use dot notation.
>Why then (zum Kuckuck!) is package ascii declared obsolete?
Because a package like Ada.Characters.Latin_1 replaces it, and
extends the range to include 256 characters instead of 128.
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-06-29 0:00 obsolete ascii? (for language lawyers) Peter Hermann
1999-06-29 0:00 ` John Herro
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1999-06-29 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr. [this message]
1999-06-29 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-07-08 0:00 ` John Duncan
1999-07-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
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