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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada bench
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"Ed Falis" <falis@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> You neglected two things:
>
> 1. suppress checks: -gnatp
> 2. Use the end of file function instead of the exception.

I'm curious why you would say that. End_of_File has dismal performance in
Ada (because of the requirements on line and page terminators), and it
should be avoided anytime performance is important. Indeed, our coding
standards specifically say to avoid this function in favor of handling
End_Error. Of course, handling the exception inside the main loop would also
be pretty expensive.

Unless there is some requirement *not* to use exceptions, avoid End_of_File.

                   Randy.