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Subject: Re: for S'Image use Func??
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Dmitry A. Kazakov expounded in
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> On Tue, 11 May 2010 17:05:07 +0000 (UTC), Warren wrote:
>> Empty lines are significant to my parser,
> 
> Then Get_Line is what you have to use.

No I don't. Make me..

> BTW, printf is fundamentally uncheckable. Proof:
> 
>    char * Format = (HALT (p) ? "%d" : "%s");
>    printf (Format, 123);

You get what you asked for there, heh heh... I
don't ask for such silly things.

> Oh, there are so many ways. E.g.
> 
> 1.
>    type Hex_Dump is new String;
>    function "&" (Text : Hex_Dump; Value : Integer) return Hex_Dump;

Right- you have to "code" it. That's not what I'm 
talking about. I'm talking about "library support".

> I think you've got the idea.

You've completely missed the point.

> It is also annoying that I cannot output the number's base as
> subscript 16. Programming is generally annoying.

You completely twist things to keep arguing..
I quit.

> I don't say that Ada's formatting is OK. Otherwise I would not write a
> formatting library of my own. I just don't consider formatting as an
> essential part of the language. Even at the standard library level it
> is not.

That's an opinion that I don't believe is widely held. But
no matter either way, I simply disagree.

>>> Nobody want to see fixed font output.
>> 
>> Pardon me?  If you give me a report of my 
>> investment holdings with columns of numbers,
>> then those numbers better line in columns as
>> well.
> 
> Where is a problem? Fixed point is a relatively 
> new invention, ...

Relatively new? You make me chuckle.

I suppose that old ASR33 teletype I had was 
was ahead of its time with that modern fixed
font!  Playing star trek on a teletype would
have been very interesting in a proportional
font.

I'm signing off.
Warren