From: Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
Subject: Re: Ada.Text_IO.Create
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:14:58 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2006-02-19T08:14:58+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dt99e1$36b$2@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <HMOJf.45349$d5.201704@newsb.telia.net>
Bj�rn Persson wrote:
> Martin Dowie wrote:
>> Beware that if the file already exists Ada.Text_IO.Create will raise
>> an exception, so you have to use a "begin ... exception ... end;" block.
>
> Really? I don't see that in AARM95 A.8.2 or A.10.2.
Sorry, I got confused - it's "Open" that raises an exception
(Name_Error) if the file /doesn't/ already exist.
That's the subprogram I'd prefer to have an extra "Create_If_Absent :
Boolean := False" parameter. And, yes, I know it control coupling (bad)
but IMHO, I would find the code cleaner.
Cheers
-- Martin
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2006-02-17 23:13 invalid parameter list isaac2004
2006-02-18 6:02 ` jimmaureenrogers
[not found] ` <tfadv19pqf17h3prdhquk3e5f30j6vhdhl@4ax.com>
2006-02-18 8:04 ` isaac2004
2006-02-18 14:34 ` Björn Persson
2006-02-18 21:19 ` isaac2004
2006-02-18 23:31 ` Björn Persson
2006-02-18 23:34 ` Martin Dowie
2006-02-19 0:06 ` isaac2004
[not found] ` <dmlfv11b4qagaf3gec853k9on191576gqc@4ax.com>
2006-02-19 4:06 ` isaac2004
[not found] ` <uavfv1pjdorpim6lpu8sjfdlq4lmmn1jes@4ax.com>
2006-02-19 16:21 ` Björn Persson
2006-02-19 15:54 ` Björn Persson
2006-02-19 0:15 ` Ada.Text_IO.Create (was: invalid parameter list) Björn Persson
2006-02-19 8:14 ` Martin Dowie [this message]
2006-02-19 19:45 ` Ada.Text_IO.Create Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-02-19 21:49 ` Ada.Text_IO.Create Larry Kilgallen
2006-02-20 6:09 ` Ada.Text_IO.Create isaac2004
2006-02-20 6:43 ` Ada.Text_IO.Create Gautier
[not found] ` <3stiv1l39144oscbs5he2v6h5uvfmli03q@4ax.com>
2006-02-21 22:15 ` Ada.Text_IO.Create isaac2004
2006-02-22 7:45 ` Range error (was: Ada.Text_IO.Create) Björn Persson
2006-02-22 8:27 ` Range error Björn Persson
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