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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> Tom used bounded strings in some parts of the Claw interface (I forget
> exactly which ones). The underlying Win32 record types acted like a
> bounded string, so it probably seemed like a reasonable mapping. So I
> can say conclusively that there is at least one use of a bounded
> string out there, and Claw would break if the package was removed.
>
> But using them is a pain-in-the-a**. I'd much rather that the types
> had been mapped to regular fixed strings.

I quite agree that using bunded strings in a public interface is a
mistake.

> In general, I agree with you; Bounded strings have no real use
> (especially on Janus/Ada, where the implementation of a generic like
> that uses implicit heap allocation anyway - so there is no practical
> difference between it and unbounded strings).

I have a requirement (based on an interface to an external entity) to
store quite a few names of length no more than 14 characters. It seems
reasonable to implement the storage using Bounded_Strings (unless of
course the GNAT overhead gets too much).