Re: Dynamic String

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <1130753721.639869.322210@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "Harald Korneliussen" <vintermann@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> TC wrote:
>> I have some problem with Strings Unbounded.
>> How read a string from keyboard and put in S(Strings Unbounded)?
>>
>> there is a manual or site on line that have an example of use the
>> Strings Unbounded, Wiki is no very good
> 
> I believe GNAT has a utility function to do this. But when such a
> function is not standardized, I wonder how some people can say (like
> they do in wikibooks) that Ada is a rapid application development
> language.

Rapid application development makes sense for keyboard-style interfaces
where one is going to accept input from humans.  Pick a maximum size and
go with it.

If your goal is to parse XML strings of arbitrary size created by some
other computer, then a more careful approach than RAD is required.