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On 21.11.22 09:30, Jesper Quorning wrote:
> I like to ask about
> 
> Is it possible to write something like this with ADA
> 
> ```Ada
> package my_rw_file is new file
>    (name => "whatever"
>     ,mode => read_write
>     ,implementation => standard -- or portable or fast
>    );
> package as_string is new. xxx(from => my_rw_file);
> 
> -- parse (as_string);
> package data is new parse (as_string, format => markdown); -- or whatever
> ```

Do you mean, gobble up a file into a string
and then parse that? Yes, that's possible
in a number of ways.