From: "Jeffrey R.Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org.not>
Subject: Re: get_immediate echoe character--compiled error?
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:05:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ufjnu0$62ki$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ly5y3m4nxw.fsf@pushface.org>
On 2023-10-04 13:38, Simon Wright wrote:
>
> Obviously you need to turn echoing off for password input. But neither
> the ARM nor the GNAT RM says anything about Get_Immediate's echoing
> behaviour, so it's hard to explain why OA does the same thing. Does its
> manual specify this behaviour?
Unfortunately, Ada does not provide a standard way to turn off echo.
I agree that the ARM says nothing about echo for any of its operations on
Standard_Input, but clearly there is a broad consensus of Ada.Text_IO writers
and users who think this is desirable behavior.
--
Jeff Carter
“[A]bout half the patterns in the 'Gang of Four'
book only exist because of defects in C++ ...”
Brian Drummond
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-02 2:42 get_immediate echoe character--compiled error? richardthiebaud
2023-10-02 5:48 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-02 20:07 ` richardthiebaud
2023-10-02 22:27 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-02 22:41 ` richardthiebaud
2023-10-02 22:47 ` richardthiebaud
2023-10-03 8:41 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-10-03 10:20 ` Simon Wright
2023-10-04 0:13 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-04 8:22 ` Simon Wright
2023-10-04 10:48 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2023-10-04 11:38 ` Simon Wright
2023-10-04 13:05 ` Jeffrey R.Carter [this message]
2023-10-05 0:43 ` Randy Brukardt
2023-10-04 16:55 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-10-04 19:39 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-04 21:20 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-10-03 21:00 ` G.B.
2023-10-04 21:14 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2023-10-04 22:12 ` Keith Thompson
2023-10-05 9:51 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
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