RE: Cannot use NULL as identifier?

["Beard, Frank" <beardf@spawar.navy.mil>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert A Duff [mailto:bobduff@world.std.com]

"Beard, Frank" <beardf@spawar.navy.mil> writes:

>> Well, I saw it referenced somewhere, and Ben
>> confirmed it.  I think it was the same reason
>> type Character was expanded from 128 to 256.
>
>Not sure what "it" Ben confirmed...

The extension of ASCII from 128 to 256 characters.

>> In any event, the first 128 characters are 
>> never going to change.  So, worse case, I'll
>> cut and paste the current ASCII package and
>> paste it into my own "My_ASCII" package and
>> do a library level rename.  It will probably
>> have all the character constants I will ever
>> need.  Or I could be lazy and make ASCII
>> rename Latin_1.
>
>It is illegal to have a library unit called ASCII.
>(And I'll bet you it will always be illegal.)

Seems like something would have happened by now
if this were true.

>> And, if I turns out that I am wrong, then in
>> twenty years, when it finally goes away, I'll
>> admit you're right.  :-)
>
>Package ASCII will never go away, so long as there
>is an Ada standard.

I agree with you.  I don't think it will ever go
away either, but the LRM did indicate that it 
probably would.

So, I think everyone's concerns were valid.
And if you don't mind using the
Ada.Characters.Latin_1, more power to you.

Frank