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From: Rod Kay <rodakay5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Parameterised 'Image Attributes
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:18:29 +1000
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Hello.all,


    There has been some recent discussion on #ada irc regarding 
formatted output.

    Would it be possible/desirable to allow the 'Image attribute to have 
formatting parameters ? Something along the lines of ...


    put_Line (some_Integer'Image (Width => 5, Padding => '0'));


... and similar 'Image attribute parameters for other types.


    If the parameters have defaults, then there should not be any 
backwards compatibility issues (I think).


    Any thoughts ?



Regards.