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From: Doug Smith <dsmith@clark.net>
Subject: Specific Comments
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!topic  Subtype declarations of Character and String
!reference  ASIS 95-ss.ss(pp)
!from  Doug Smith 97-02-22
!keywords  character string subtype
!discussion

"Package ASIS..."

There is no advantage to declaring special subtypes of Character and String,
(ASIS.ASIS_Character and ASIS.ASIS_String respectively.) I recommend that
these subtypes be replaced by Character and String throughout the interface
and the subtype declarations be removed.