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31
32--  This child package of Ada.Strings.Unbounded provides some specialized
33--  Text_IO routines that work directly with unbounded strings, avoiding the
34--  inefficiencies of access via the standard interface, and also taking
35--  direct advantage of the variable length semantics of these strings.
36
37with Ada.Text_IO;
38
39package Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Text_IO is
40
41   function Get_Line                                return Unbounded_String;
42   function Get_Line (File : Ada.Text_IO.File_Type) return Unbounded_String;
43   --  Reads up to the end of the current line, returning the result
44   --  as an unbounded string of appropriate length. If no File parameter
45   --  is present, input is from Current_Input.
46
47   procedure Get_Line
48     (File : Ada.Text_IO.File_Type;
49      Item : out Unbounded_String);
50   procedure Get_Line (Item : out Unbounded_String);
51   --  Similar to the above, but in procedure form with an out parameter
52
53   procedure Put                                    (U : Unbounded_String);
54   procedure Put      (File : Ada.Text_IO.File_Type; U : Unbounded_String);
55   procedure Put_Line                               (U : Unbounded_String);
56   procedure Put_Line (File : Ada.Text_IO.File_Type; U : Unbounded_String);
57   --  These are equivalent to the standard Text_IO routines passed the
58   --  value To_String (U), but operate more efficiently, because the extra
59   --  copy of the argument is avoided.
60
61end Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Text_IO;
62