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Robert I. Eachus wrote:
> But there is no way to get around the ordering requirements,
 > and there should not be.

I'm not trying to get around the ordering requirements in
terms of making sure that a linked program is correct and
consistent. I'm trying to get around the implication that
once everything is compiled, the simple act of recompiling
a unit, when neither its source nor its compilation flags
have changed, forces all dependent units to be recompiled,
as a requirement of the Ada programming language. I still
do not believe that this is the case.