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On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 1:27:08 PM UTC+3, DrPi wrote:
>=20
> On the Ada side, I've still not understood how to correctly deal with=20
> all this stuff.=20
>=20
Take a look at https://github.com/AdaCore/VSS=20

Ideas behind this library is close to ideas of types separation in Python3.=
 String is a Virtual_String, byte sequence is Stream_Element_Vector. Need t=
o convert byte stream to string or back - use Virtual_String_Encoder/Virtua=
l_String_Decoder.

I think ((Wide_)Wide_)(Character|String) is obsolete for modern systems and=
 programming languages; more cleaner types and API is a requirement now. Th=
e only case when old character/string types is really makes value is low re=
sources embedded systems; in other cases their use generates a lot of hidde=
n issues, which is very hard to detect.