"Wesley Groleau" <wesgroleau@despammed.com> a �crit dans le message news:
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> Preben Randhol wrote:
> > I sometimes use this procedure:
> >
> >    procedure Get_Whole_Line
> >       (File : in     File_Type;
> >        Item :    out String;
> >        Last :    out Natural)
> >    is
>
> I often use a function, which reads
> from the file into a temporary,
> and then returns Temp (1 .. Last)
>
> The difficulty is knowing how big to make
> the temporary.
>
This one reads a line with no length limit:

function Get_Line return String is
   Buffer : String (1..500); -- or whatever
   Last : Natural;
begin
   Get_Line (Buffer, Last);
   if Last < Buffer'Last then
      return Buffer (1..Last);
   else
      return Buffer & Get_Line;
   end if;
end Get_Line;

In most cases, there will be only one call, while having no upper limit.
The size of the buffer is just a matter of optimization.

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