ADA12 — Ada issue: Type string in package CORBA spec

Summary: I have a suggestion regarding the current (CORBA version 2.2) IDL to Ada
>mapping which concerns the type String in the package CORBA spec.
>Here is a diff of the addition that I propose:
>
>*** corba.ads.orig Mon Mar 2 09:38:27 1998
>--- corba.ads Wed Mar 25 08:35:28 1998
>***************
>*** 29,34 ****
>--- 29,37 ----
> type Octet is new Interfaces.Unsigned_8;
> type String is new Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String;
>
>+ Null_Unbounded_String : constant String
>+ := String
>(Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Null_Unbounded_String);
>+
> – Exceptions
>
> type IDL_Exception_Members is abstract tagged null record;
>
>
>The lack of the Null_Unbounded_String constant in the current CORBA spec
>means it is cumbersome to compare a CORBA.String against the
>Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Null_Unbounded_String, as such comparison requires a
>type conversion.

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