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On 19/08/2023 11:03, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2023-08-19 11:14, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> 
>> The intent of the 'Image attribute is to have a quick representation, 
>> mainly for debugging purposes.
> 

Where does it say this in the rm? We certainly were not taught that 
'image was for debugging at uni.

> It seems that for the vast majority of Ada users this intent was wrong...

Yup.