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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Read +Inf from file/string
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:23:30 +0000 (UTC)
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"Atle R�stad" <aer@edh.ericsson.se> wrote:
: There is no problem in writing (put) an infinite number this will produce
: "+Inf****************",  but how can i read (get) it?

Afaik, you might have to check, because [an instance of float_IO].Get
"reads the longest possible sequence of characters matching
 the syntax of any of the following [numeric literals]"
 [...]
 The exception Data_Error is propagated if the sequence input
 does not have the required syntax or if the value obtained is
 not of the subtype Num.

(RM A.10.9(13,21))

You can always Get a string an then check it for Inf and then
possibly Get a numeric literal from the string using the Get
for strings.

-- georg