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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Computer Language Shootout
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Robert Spooner wrote:
> I tried this using the following program and gnat version 3.13p on 
> windows professional 2000 with the following result:
> 
> with Ada.Text_IO;
> 
> procedure No_String_Length_Limit_Test is
> 
>     package Tio renames Ada.Text_IO;
> 
> 
>     function Get_Line (Buffer_Size : Positive := 1) return String is
>        Buffer : String (1..Buffer_Size);
>        Last   : Natural;
>     begin
>        Tio.Get_Line (Buffer, Last);
>        if Last < Buffer'Last then
>           return Buffer(1..Last);
>        else
>           return Buffer & Get_Line (2*Buffer_Size);

This removes the ambigutie:

            return Buffer & Get_Line (Buffer_Size => 2*Buffer_Size);

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