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,a3358f1ef9d04e63 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-19 12:10:08 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!isdnet!grolier!club-internet!not-for-mail From: Laurent Guerby Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Calendar - leap seconds Date: 19 Mar 2001 21:10:24 +0100 Organization: Club-Internet (France) Message-ID: <863dc9cyfj.fsf@acm.org> References: <9940d5$49u6d$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: nas22-68.vlt.club-internet.fr X-Trace: front2m.grolier.fr 985032425 7801 195.36.172.68 (19 Mar 2001 20:07:05 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Mar 2001 20:07:05 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.5 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5867 Date: 2001-03-19T20:07:05+00:00 List-Id: Robert A Duff writes: > [...] I find it annoying, for example, that if I want decimal-formatted > integer, I can use 'Image, but if I want hexdecimal, I have to import > Text_IO (or write my own). Hexadecimal formatting has nothing directly > to do with I/O of character strings! This could be fixed by having separate packages offering all non IO/time services, and just renaming declarations inside the IO/time packages. The last point (renaming) is just implementation, it could be just left out of the standard and be put as a RM note, this is to say it shouldn't put a significant burden on implementors (move code and put a few renames) and should be 100% upward compatible for users. -- Laurent Guerby