Re: wide_string and assertions

["Björn Persson" <spam-away@nowhere.nil>]

Randy Brukardt wrote:

>>In an assert(x, y), y has to be static. So I guess for y I
>>will have to play tricks and use UTF-8 coding of static
>>String values?
> 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
>>Has using Wide_String variants ever been considered? Or
>>is there just "no demand"?
> 
> 
> Ada.Exceptions only supports String for exception messages. Assert just uses
> that existing mechanism for handling messages.
> 
> As far as demand goes, you're the first person to mention it to my
> knowledge -- which is suggests that the demand is low. :-)

Isn't Ada 200Y going to allow anything that Unicode classifies as 
alphanumeric in identifiers? Being able to include the name of a type or 
variable in an exception message sounds like a good idea. Or the name of 
another exception, when one exception is raised because another 
exception was recieved.

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Björn Persson

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