From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.36.61.149 with SMTP id n143mr12318451itn.48.1511773754567; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 01:09:14 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.69.72 with SMTP id p8mr1288943oti.4.1511773754462; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 01:09:14 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!peer02.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!193no847799itr.0!news-out.google.com!193ni4277iti.0!nntp.google.com!i6no7257892itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 01:09:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=57.79.21.10; posting-account=gRqrnQkAAAAC_02ynnhqGk1VRQlve6ZG NNTP-Posting-Host: 57.79.21.10 References: <7c246c12-77f6-45c9-a05a-9afe934df332@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <0639dc1f-dfbb-4f4d-bd97-eb420dd3c046@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Strange warning message From: gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com Injection-Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:09:14 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Body-CRC: 997338533 X-Received-Bytes: 1657 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:49177 Date: 2017-11-27T01:09:14-08:00 List-Id: > Now, *in your example* the warning is justified, since you make a useless assignement :-) . Ooops - didn't see you were starting a task in that case. But you could avoid using a pointer at all with declare local : test1_t; begin null; end; The only case I need an useless assignement is when I call a C function (for its side effects) and don't use the result.