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On 2023-05-05 22:44, Simon Wright wrote:
> Manuel Gomez <mgrojo@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> El 5/5/23 a las 18:33, Simon Wright escribió:
>>> Manuel Gomez <mgrojo@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>>      Data         : constant String         := "  PLUS_STRING    :
>>>>      CONSTANT STRING(1..3) :=(1 =>'""' , 2 =>'+' , 3 =>'""');";
>>> '"' is a single quote character.
>>> """" is a string containing one quote character.
>>
>> Yes, and "'""'" is a string containing a quote as an Ada character
>> (when displayed).
> 
> Oh, I see. Ugh.

As you have discovered, using doubled quotation marks within a String literal 
can be significantly less clear than concatenating the quotation-mark Character 
with the rest of the String.

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