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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Reading a line of arbitrary length
Date: 1997/02/16
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Date: 1997-02-16T00:00:00+00:00
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Matthew said

<<There is a very simple way to do this that does not require explicit heap
allocation nor GNAT-specific extensions to the language.>>

I don't know why one should worry about explicit heap allocation as opposed
to implicit heap allocation being done behind the scenes in 
Ada.Strings.Unbounded (almost certainly Append is likely to do some
heap allocation ...)