Re: String_Access in unbounded string handling?

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On 2024-01-14 12:17, Jeffrey R.Carter wrote:
> On 2024-01-14 12:05, Blady wrote:
>>
>> String_Access is defined in A.4.5 Unbounded-Length String Handling:
>> 7          type String_Access is access all String;
>>
>> and note:
>> 75  The type String_Access provides a (nonprivate) access type for 
>> explicit processing of unbounded-length strings.
>>
>> I wonder what String_Access is for and what could be "explicit 
>> processing"?
> 
> String_Access is a mistake that should not exist.

Well, from one point of view, surely.

However I frequently need such a type because I in general refrain from 
using Unbounded_String. Now, would be no problem to declare it as 
needed, except for generics! If you have generic packages like:

generic
    type Object_Type (<>) is private;
    type Object_Access_Type is access all Object_Type;

You want all instances to share the same String_Access. So it is 
conflicting. One is true, it has no place there. It should have been the 
package Standard or none.

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