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From: "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
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Subject: Re: What about a glob standard method in Ada.Command_Line ?
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Le 21/08/2010 11:11, Pascal Obry a �crit :
> 
> Jean-Pierre,
> 
>> 2) Make a good proposal, and make sure it is compiler independent,
>> system independent, powerful and easy to use. Then propose it to the
>> ARG, and the ARG will tell you why it doesn't work ;-)
> 
> I see the argument but there is already some APIs that cannot be
> implemented in some OS (like Ada.Execution_Time.Timers on Win32 for
> example). That's not a reason to dismiss it. A glob support for
> Command_Line (in a child package) would be most welcomed even if not
> supported (or supported but with some slight differences) on some OS I
> would say.
> 
Sure. And the whole history of Ada is full of stuff where we first said
it was not possible to define in a system independent manner, and later
we changed our mind on the name of usability. Command_Line was dismissed
for Ada 83 and provided in Ada 95. Directory_Operations was dismissed in
Ada 95 and introduced in Ada 2005.

However, it IS too late for Ada 2012, and I'm serious when I say please
propose it; a good proposal is never lost, but it may be harder than you
think.
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