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Subject: Re: Q: type ... is new String
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 07:43:04 +0200
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Le Wed, 30 May 2012 18:33:45 +0200, <tmoran@acm.org> a =C3=A9crit:

> Any comments on the effectiveness of using multiple types for differen=
t
> categories of strings, rather than "String" all the time?
>   I have a TV program database with a base directory, containing a fol=
der
> for each show, which in turn has a folder for each season, which then
> has a folder for each episode, which then contains the actual video, e=
g
>   c:\TV\I Love Lucy\1975\The New Neighbor\video.mpg
> Instead of wordy, and error prone, calls on Ada.Directories.Compose, o=
r
>   Episode & '\' & Video_File
> Would it be useful to have
>   type Show_Paths is new String;
>   type Season_Paths is new String;
>   type Episode_Paths is new String;
>   ...

May be a single base Path_Type could be enough, and all others could be =
 =

subtype of this base type.

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