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A.6 Input-Output
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{input} {output}
Input-output is provided through language-defined
packages, each of which is a child of the root package Ada. The generic
packages Sequential_IO and Direct_IO define input-output operations applicable
to files containing elements of a given type. The generic package Storage_IO
supports reading from and writing to an in-memory buffer. Additional
operations for text input-output are supplied in the packages Text_IO
and Wide_Text_IO. Heterogeneous input-output is provided through the
child packages Streams.Stream_IO and Text_IO.Text_Streams (see also
13.13).
The package IO_Exceptions defines the exceptions needed by the predefined
input-output packages.]
Inconsistencies With Ada 83
1.a
{inconsistencies with Ada
83} The introduction of Append_File as a new
element of the enumeration type File_Mode in Sequential_IO and Text_IO,
and the introduction of several new declarations in Text_IO, may result
in name clashes in the presence of use clauses.
Extensions to Ada 83
1.b
{extensions to Ada 83}
Text_IO enhancements (Get_Immediate, Look_Ahead,
Standard_Error, Modular_IO, Decimal_IO), Wide_Text_IO, and the stream
input-output facilities are new in Ada 95.
Wording Changes from Ada 83
1.c
RM83-14.6, "Low Level Input-Output,"
is removed. This has no semantic effect, since the package was entirely
implementation defined, nobody actually implemented it, and if they did,
they can always provide it as a vendor-supplied package.
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