From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: get_immediate echoe character--compiled error?
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:38:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ly5y3m4nxw.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ufjfu9$4ev8$1@dont-email.me
"Jeffrey R.Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org.not> writes:
> On 2023-10-04 10:22, Simon Wright wrote:
>> Or, alternatively, don't turn echoing off at all - what's the use
>> case
>> for turning it off? After all, the ARM says nothing about it.
>
> The use case is inputting passwords and the like. See Password_Line
> (https://github.com/jrcarter/Encryption-utilities/blob/master/password_line.ads)
> for an example. Note that this has identical behavior with GNAT/Linux
> and ObjectAda/Windows.
Obviously you need to turn echoing off for password input. But neither
the ARM nor the GNAT RM says anything about Get_Immediate's echoing
behaviour, so it's hard to explain why OA does the same thing. Does its
manual specify this behaviour?
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-02 2:42 get_immediate echoe character--compiled error? richardthiebaud
2023-10-02 5:48 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-02 20:07 ` richardthiebaud
2023-10-02 22:27 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-02 22:41 ` richardthiebaud
2023-10-02 22:47 ` richardthiebaud
2023-10-03 8:41 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-10-03 10:20 ` Simon Wright
2023-10-04 0:13 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-04 8:22 ` Simon Wright
2023-10-04 10:48 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2023-10-04 11:38 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2023-10-04 13:05 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2023-10-05 0:43 ` Randy Brukardt
2023-10-04 16:55 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-10-04 19:39 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-04 21:20 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-10-03 21:00 ` G.B.
2023-10-04 21:14 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2023-10-04 22:12 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-05 9:51 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
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