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Subject: Re: What would you like in Ada202X?
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On Tue, 1 May 2012 10:15:43 -0700 (PDT), Shark8 wrote:

> Or, I suppose that since this is a "feature X would be cool" thread,
> something like String'Trim( "  DATA STRING  " ) to return "DATA STRING"
> attribute; much like we have Float'Truncation(X). Seems reasonable to me.
> 
> It might be a little wordier than some would like; but Ada's always
> emphasized readability, and the above method seems to fit in well,
> especially considering the 'Truncation attribute.

Neither adds anything to readability. T'Foo (X) attributes are just noise.
Float'Truncation (X) should have been X'Truncated or [X].

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