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On 2015-07-31 17:21, Stefan.Lucks@uni-weimar.de wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2015, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
>>> and extension of this attribute to cover record and array types.
>>
>> We've tried that (and the topic is still open, AI12-0020-1), but it
>> quickly
>> runs into a host of little problems (what do to with access components?
>> How/whether to make a matching 'Value? What about private components?
>> Etc.)
>> I wouldn't count on seeing that ever happen.
> 
> How about supporting
> 
>   T'Image (or O'Image for objects of type T)
> 
> if and only if T'Image has explicitely been defined?
> 
> One could write
> 
>   for T'Image use function The_Image_Of_T(Input: T) return String;
> 
> or in aspect syntax
> 
>   type T is record
>     ...
>   end record
>     with Image => ...;
> 

And if not explicitly defined, T'Image could perhaps
return an empty string, ""

--
Björn