Re: Avoiding side effects

[Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Anders Wirzenius a �crit :
[...]
> The problem is how to deal with the situation when I reach the
> end of the file. 
> I have done it using a side effect:
> EOF_Reached     : Boolean := False;
> loop
>    Trans_String...
>    exit when EOF_Reached;
>    Trans_String...
>    exit when EOF_Reached;
> end loop;
> --  Display possible tail of file A.
> EOF_Reached is set to True in the functions Strip and Advance as
> a side effect.
> 
> Is there a better way without using the side effect EOF_Reached?
> 

Exceptions of course!
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