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Subject: Re: Using generic package to store and retrieve string data
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On 2016-10-08 01:11, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
>
>> If your Strings may have differing lengths, then you should either
>> use Unbounded_String or one of the indefinite containers.
>
> Unbounded_String is not self-contained. Normally it is important for a
> stack and containers to have this.

It looks self-contained to me. (I mean, if I 'with
Ada.Strings.Unbounded' I can pretty-much use it without further ado;
just a little complication with translating to/from String).

> IMO, the best way to implement an indefinite elements LIFO is on top
> of a custom memory pool.

I doubt this is going to help the OP.