Re: Parameterised 'Image Attributes

["J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Le 18/08/2023 à 10:25, Luke A. Guest a écrit :
> On 18/08/2023 08:18, Rod Kay wrote:
>> 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).
> 
> I wanted them for ages, but there was a conversation ages ago where 
> someone on here said attributes were for "debugging only," yet that's 
> not what the arm says.
> 
The intent of the 'Image attribute is to have a quick representation, 
mainly for debugging purposes. If you want nice formatted output, use 
the Put procedure on String from Text_IO.

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