Package Name: ada.text_io.pictures

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package Ada.Text_IO.Pictures is

   type Picture is private;

   function Valid (Item : in String) return Boolean;

   function To_Picture (Item : in String) return Picture;

   function To_String (Item : in Picture) return String;

   Max_Picture_Length : constant := 30;

   Picture_Error : exception;

   --  Localization features:

   Max_Currency_Length : constant := 10;
   subtype Currency_Length_Range is

     Integer range 1 .. Max_Currency_Length;
   type Locale (Length : Currency_Length_Range := 1) is record
      Currency    : String (1 .. Length) := "$";
      Fill        : Character            := '*';
      Separator   : Character            := ',';
      Radix_Mark  : Character            := '.';

   end record;
   generic

      type Num is delta <> digits <>;

   package Edited_Output is

      Default_Locale  : Locale;
      function Length (Pic     : in Picture;
                       Symbols : in Locale := Default_Locale)

        return Natural;
      function Image (Item    : in Num;
                      Pic     : in Picture;
                      Symbols : in Locale  := Default_Locale)

        return String;
      procedure Put (File    : in File_Type;
                     Item    : in Num;
                     Pic     : in Picture;

                     Symbols : in Locale  := Default_Locale);
      procedure Put (Item    : in Num;
                     Pic     : in Picture;

                     Symbols : in Locale  := Default_Locale);
      procedure Put (To      : out String;
                     Item    : in Num;
                     Pic     : in Picture;

                     Symbols : in Locale  := Default_Locale);

   end Edited_Output;

private
   type Picture is record
      Length : Natural;
      Data   : String (1 .. 30);

   end record;
end Ada.Text_IO.Pictures;