Re: using charles library

[Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>]

Roman V. Isaev wrote:
>> > I'm learning the ropes, so it might be stupid question but I tried
>> > use charles.maps.sorted.strings.unbounded (used sample code by 
>> > mheaney@on2.com from this newsgroup archive):
>> > with Ada.Strings.Unbounded; use Ada.Strings.Unbounded;
>> > with Charles.Maps.Sorted.Strings.Unbounded;
>> > with Charles.Strings.Unbounded; use Charles.Strings.Unbounded;
>> > package body gettext is
>> >    package Translation_Tables is
>> >       new Charles.Maps.Sorted.Strings.Unbounded
>> >         (Element_Type => Charles.Strings.Unbounded.Container_Type);
>> >    TT : Translation_Tables.Container_Type;
>> > ........
>> >    procedure load_mo_file is
>> > ........
>> >          Insert(TT, "key", Element => To_Container("value"));
>> Because it is:
>>            Insert(TT, "key", New_Item => To_Container("value"));
>> as I can see from the .ads file although I haven't tried to compile
>> this.
> 
>    It still complains: 

Ah because you have to do:

   Charles.Maps.Sorted.Strings.Unbounded.Insert
      (TT, "key", New_Item => To_Container("value"));

as you are only withing the Charles.Maps.Sorted.Strings.Unbounded child
package. Now it tries to find the Insert in Charles.Strings.Unbounded. I
assume you are using the Insert from
Charles.Maps.Sorted.Strings.Unbounded ? 

>    I wonder is there any package easier to use? I only want two
> functions, something like store(key,value) and lookup(key), that's
> all, without 20+ string declaration voodoo... Grrrrr. I miss perl's
> associative arrays.

Relax, it is only that you are not so familiar with Ada. It doesn't have
to do with the library. :-)

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Preben Randhol                    http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/