From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9def0a9c238c7bd8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-13 15:53:37 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!209.50.235.254!europa.netcrusader.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!usc.edu!ragnarok.cts.com!thoth.cts.com!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 0x Wish List Date: 13 Feb 2001 15:51:15 -0800 Organization: CTSnet Internet Services Sender: kst@king.cts.com Message-ID: References: <3A87F362.3B2F6CEE@bton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: king.cts.com X-Trace: thoth.cts.com 982108275 76512 209.68.192.180 (13 Feb 2001 23:51:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cts.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 23:51:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5242 Date: 2001-02-13T15:51:15-08:00 List-Id: Fraser Wilson writes: > In article <3A87F362.3B2F6CEE@bton.ac.uk>, John English > wrote: > >Since we're wishing, here are a couple of very minor ones off the top > >of my head that relate to Ada.Text_IO, which unfortunately I haven't > >got time to draft proper requests for: > > [ good ideas snipped ] > > How about an image attribute that doesn't put a space in front of positive > integers. That space has always puzzled me -- it makes output of a series > of positive integers easier, but as special cases go, that's pretty special. > > Strikingly minor, but it's always bugged me. > > Fraser. Me too. Better yet, how about an image attribute that takes some optional extra parameters, depending on the type of the prefix: Width, Base, Fore, Aft, Exp, etc. The old Aonix, I mean Thomson, I mean Alsys, I mean TeleSoft compiler provided a set of extended attributes like this (Extended_Image, Extended_Value, etc.). Not only were they useful in their own right, they were used in implementing Integer_IO, Float_IO, etc. (That was actually their primary purpose.) If they're provided in a new revision of the language, rather than as an implementation-defined extension, there's no need to use ugly names like Extended_Image. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> MAKE MONEY FAST!! DON'T FEED IT!!