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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: End of File for streams
Date: 2000/04/17
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In article <8df15j$e4b$1@trog.dera.gov.uk>,
  "Kevin Rigotti" <rigotti@atc.dera.gov.uk> wrote:
> I have philosophical and aesthetic objections to trapping the
> End_Error exception as a means of determining end of file, but
> is this the only way to do it?

It's always odd when you have a situation where Ada provides
an approach X to solving problem Y that works in a perfectly
straightforward manner, and then asks

How can I do Y without using X, because I don't want to use X.

That's the situation you are in here. Catching End_Error is a
clean solution to your problem and is the recommended approach.
It is also often the more efficient approach compared to an
explicit end of file test in the loop.


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