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Date: 2009-08-06T15:42:10-07:00
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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> 
> http://home.arcor.de/bauhaus/Ada/fasta.ada

>    procedure Print (Item : String) is
>       subtype Index is Stream_Element_Offset range
>         Stream_Element_Offset(Item'First) .. Stream_Element_Offset(Item'Last);
>       subtype XString is String (Item'Range);
>       subtype XBytes is Stream_Element_Array (Index);
>       function To_Bytes is new Unchecked_Conversion
>         (Source => XString,
>          Target => XBytes);
>       LF : constant Stream_Element_Array := (1 => To_Byte (ASCII.LF));
>    begin
>       Stream_IO.Write (stdout, To_Bytes (Item));
>       Stream_IO.Write (stdout, LF);
>    end Print;

How about

subtype Index is Stream_Element_Offset range
    Stream_Element_Offset(Item'First) .. Stream_Element_Offset(Item'Last + 1);
subtype XString is String (Item'First .. Item'Last + 1);

followed by

Stream_IO.Write (stdout, To_Bytes (Item & ASCII.LF) );

?

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Blessed are they who convert their neighbors'
oxen, for they shall inhibit their girth."
Monty Python's Life of Brian
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