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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Binary value
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Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> writes:

> Ignoring the question of what the correct algorithm is, why would you
> want to implement this (specific to binary) algorithm, when Text_IO
> already provides this capability for any base from 2 to 16? It's much
> easier and more flexible to use Text_IO.Integer_IO.Put and extract the
> part of the result between the '#'s.

Good point, but I can think of a couple of reasons why someone might
want to avoid using Text_IO at all: it's big (which matters if you care
about space, and don't have a clever linker), and it's not pragma-Pure.

I'd recommend 'Image and 'Value rather than Text_IO, even though they
have their faults, too.

- Bob