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-Thread: 103376,ee2e271b166c2587 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s22.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Files and controlled types References: <3bd96475-530b-46a7-9b07-11ea49105b2c@e31g2000hse.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <3bd96475-530b-46a7-9b07-11ea49105b2c@e31g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.201.97.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s22 1205032353 12.201.97.213 (Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:12:33 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:12:33 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:12:33 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20245 Date: 2008-03-09T03:12:33+00:00 List-Id: Maciej Sobczak wrote: > > File types are not Controlled. > What is the rationale for this? What makes you think they're not controlled. The ARM only gives the public view, which is limited private; there's nothing to prevent the full view from being controlled. In addition, the descriptions of Ada.Sequential_IO, Ada.Direct_IO, and Ada.Text_IO all include the language "The type File_Type needs finalization (see 7.6)". -- Jeff Carter "No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle, do you understand? Even--and I want to make this absolutely clear--even if they do say, 'Jehovah.'" Monty Python's Life of Brian 74