Re: coercing an integer to a string

[Chris Morgan <mihalis@ix.netcom.com>]

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dummy@e.mail (Emmanuel M. D�carie) writes:

> Maybe its obvious for some that the answer Chris Morgan gave me was
> enough, but it was not for me. I'm coming from the scripting world (so I'm
> a lazy "typer"), and when I answer a question from a newbie on a mailing
> list, I always, either give a complete reference (page number, URL), or a
> piece of code, or both. Think how far his answer was taking me away from a
> simple and quick response. I really don't want to start a flame war on
> this, I waited a couple of days before writing anything more on this
> thread. I don't think that I will write more on it in the future.

I knew exactly what I was doing.

Please accept that we all want to be helpful on any Ada topic, but
that also we have seen people arrive in this group year after year
asking detailed questions which have straightforward answers in the
freely available documentation. Many readers simply don't respond at
all - it's not out of laziness or lack of interest, it's because
they've concluded that any quick answer takes away the whole point of
these homework exercises (if that's what yours is, I forget now).

If I had given you the correct answer it would have helped you in the
very short term, however it would not have started you down the road
of relying on the reference manual. You need to know how to find your
way around this document if you are serious about Ada, you will
rapidly tire all the Ada experts on this group (and me also ;) if you
expect a (page number, URL) for anything that isn't immediately
obvious. 

Chris
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