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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: for S'Image use Func??
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 20:29:46 +0100
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Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> writes:

> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

>> So, T'Image has some minor advantages. (The argument would really work
>> if it were V'Image or V.Image)
>
> It's Foo.Bar.T'Image vs Foo.Bar.Images.Image. No problem.

I know it's an implementation-defined attribute, but for non-operational
quick-and-dirty code that doesn't need to be portable I use GNAT's V'Img
(shame it still has the leading space for positive numbers!)

Sometimes the 'Image way is useful even in that sort of context:
   Duration'Image (Finish_Time - Start_Time)
avoids the need for a local variable which 'Img would require.