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John R. Strohm wrote:
> Consider a package spec, that declares a procedure.  Change the procedure

Did you actually read what I and some of the sites I quoted said?

The broken systems triggered cascading recompiles when a spec was
recompiled *whether or not the spec had changed*. There are several
instances mentioned where people wanted to recompile a module for
extra debugging or optimization, and that in itself triggered the
cascade, even though no source file had changed.