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On Mar 8, 11:12 pm, "Jeffrey R. Carter"
<spam.jrcarter....@spam.acm.org> wrote:
> Maciej Sobczak wrote:
>
> > File types are not Controlled.
> > What is the rationale for this?
>
> What makes you think they're not controlled. The ARM only gives the public view,
> which is limited private; there's nothing to prevent the full view from being
> controlled. In addition, the descriptions of Ada.Sequential_IO, Ada.Direct_IO,
> and Ada.Text_IO all include the language "The type File_Type needs finalization
> (see 7.6)".

Doesn't it mean that it's user responsibility to close the file?

George

>
> --
> Jeff Carter
> "No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle,
> do you understand? Even--and I want to make this
> absolutely clear--even if they do say, 'Jehovah.'"
> Monty Python's Life of Brian
> 74