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Subject: Re: GNAT compiler switches and optimization
From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de>
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:52:00 +0200
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On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 14:40 +0200, Warner BRUNS wrote:


> A problem with Ada is that the memory layout of multidimensional arrays
> is not specified in the standard. If you want to have the same memory
> layout for all Ada compilers, you have to specify that a multimensional
> array should follow the convention of a foreign language, eg. Fortran.

Will a memory layout cast in source really help with e.g. all
Ada X Fortran combinations of compilers and libraries?
It might disallow "knowledgeable" compilers to choose a layout
that suits the current setup, I'd think, and require touching
the sources.


-- Georg