Re: Record operations (Algebraic Data Types and printing)

[Lucretia <laguest9000@googlemail.com>]

On Tuesday, 9 October 2018 00:08:05 UTC+1, Randy Brukardt  wrote:
> "Lucretia" <> wrote in message 
> news:8903c94f-efc7-4a2c-.com...
> On Saturday, 6 October 2018 08:08:38 UTC+1, Henrik Härkönen  wrote:
> > On Saturday, 6 October 2018 08:39:01 UTC+3, J-P. Rosen  wrote:
> >> > Yet. There is a proposal for Ada 202X, see AI12-0020
> >>
> >> Indeed, "AI12-0020-1 'Image for all types", sweet! :)
> >
> >Shame this doesn't seem to have made it into the latest standard :(
> 
> It's (the Standard) not done yet. This is expected to make it in. Check back 
> after the October ARG meeting.

Ok.

> 
> >This is something that should've been in the language from the start or at
> >least 95, this can be used for converting data, in a standard way, to XML,
> > JSON, YAML or TOML, etc.
> 
> There's no 'Value proposed at this time. That is a much bigger problem for 
> limited and private types (how does one get the value of a task or protected 
> object?), it's messier for user-defined 'Image, etc. It's on the radar, but 
> not likely for Ada 2020.

Like what 'Read/'Write/'Input/'Output do, they call a defined subprogram in the package. Surely, it's not that hard.