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From: Eric Hughes <eric.eh9@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Files and controlled types
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On Mar 8, 3:22 pm, Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> File types are not Controlled.
[...]
> I would think that types associated with external resources should be
> Controlled to facilitate resource management in the presence of
> exceptions [...]

The current file types are at an analogous abstraction level to the
standard C library.  Ada could also use a file type analogous to that
in the standard C++ library.  Both are relevant.

Eric