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>>...I think many would be happy to break that rule for >GNAT.IO_Aux.Get_Line, since
>>there is no other way to read in a Ada string without knowing in
>>advance its size...

function Get_String (...parameters...) return String is

    Temp : String (1 .. Some_Huge_Number);

begin

   Operation_That Reads_Characters
   (Into       => Temp,
     Last_Read => Last,
     ... other_params ... );

   return Temp (Temp'First .. Last);

end Get_String;