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From: "munnoch" <munnoch@btinternet.com>
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Subject: Re: Help on Package_Name
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:43:10 +0000 (UTC)
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Ok, my mistake - I should leave help commentary to the pro's
and stick to asking my mundane questions =)


"Jeffrey Carter" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message 
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> munnoch wrote:
>
>> ada.text_io deals with character input - this includes strings which are 
>> just arrays of characters
>> and .. well .. you guessed it .. ada.integer_text_io and 
>> ada.float_text_io deals with integer and floating point number types 
>> respectively
>
> No, Ada.Integer_Text_IO deals with I/O for type Integer and 
> Ada.Float_Text_IO for type Float. These are essentially instantiations of 
> Ada.Text_IO.Integer_IO for type Integer and Ada.Text_IO.Float_IO for type 
> Float. As a beginner, you may well just use Integer and Float in your 
> early programs, but once you've learned the language and for anything that 
> matters, you should be declaring your own numeric types.
>
> I know the terminology is a little confusing. Ada.Text_IO.Integer_IO 
> provides text I/O for any [signed] integer type. Type Integer is one such 
> type. Similarly, Ada.Text_IO.Float_IO provides text I/O for any 
> floating-point type; type Float is one such type.
>
> -- 
> Jeff Carter
> "People called Romanes, they go the house?"
> Monty Python's Life of Brian
> 79
>