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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: for S'Image use Func??
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 16:25:30 -0500
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"Robert A Duff" <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote in message 
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> I disagree.  Certainly removing the extra blank would not introduce
> bloat.  And in fact, giving 'Image the exact same functionality
> as Integer_Text_IO would _simplify_ the language, by making
> it more uniform.

Humm, I could see giving 'Image more functionality, but the entrety of 
Integer_Text_IO would be way too much. The formatter for Integer Put is 
*huge* (about 300 lines in Janus/Ada). I could see adding a Width parameter, 
but not the base stuff. Keep in mind that the code for 'Image is part of 
every program (it's written in assembler in Janus/Ada to keep it as small as 
possible); I would not want to bloat up every program that much.

                            Randy.