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On 17 Lut, 20:50, Kilgal...@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote:

> I am not an expert, but just as a first guess I don't see a way that
> Posix could implement "end of line" and "end of page" markers without
> using an inline reserved character.

What is wrong with ASCII 10 and 12 codes (decimal)?
I don't see in what way POSIX can prevent you from implementing this
area of Ada library.

> I have my suspicious that due to its Unix/C roots, some implementations
> of Posix might have trouble writing a file with lines that contain one or
> more embedded null.

This statement is completely nebulous.
The POSIX standard defines the write function (man 2 write) that is a
basic function for doing output operations. C standard library
(stdio.h) is implemented on top of this, and also provides interface
for binary output of arbitrary data.
I don't see in what way POSIX can prevent you from correctly
implementing the Ada library.

> Unix and C have a habit of acting like no string
> would have a null in the middle.

Unix does not take care what you write to the file descriptor; C
allows binary operations without any problem and has nothing to do
when it comes to implementing Ada anyway.

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