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From: Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch (Mats Weber)
Subject: Re: GNAT: Performance of String functions
Date: 1997/07/28
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Date: 1997-07-28T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <dewar.869803083@merv>, dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wrote:

><<Also, in the GNAT case, if you get into a situation where predefined "="
>re-emerges, then your program is broken because you will be comparing the
>whole records instead of just the slice 1 .. Length. This problem does not
>occur with the alternative approach. I think an AI is about to be voted that
>will require predefined "=" to behave correctly for these types, which will
>almost force implementors to use the alternative approach.
>>>
>
>
>There is no justification at all for the claim at the end of this
>paragraph.

So how would you do it ? Make the compiler treat that type in a special
way ? Pad the unused characters with a constant character ?