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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b3f788f59498d3af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Exceptions and out procedure arguments (using GNAT GPL) From: Georg Bauhaus In-Reply-To: <1o6rnwgzezcr2$.mv31ct5mmmso$.dlg@40tude.net> References: <79c673pq5htg508nkoi935n3udqg5ps7r8@4ax.com> <1182181497.595409.300500@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <1182238493.512406.168820@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <1182266486.650797.262430@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <4678c6a0$0$23135$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <1o6rnwgzezcr2$.mv31ct5mmmso$.dlg@40tude.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1182329193.7759.30.camel@kartoffel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:46:33 +0200 Organization: Arcor NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Jun 2007 10:46:30 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 67737fb1.newsspool2.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=K1113F:4U>S=>bdbdS?M0YA9EHlD;3YcR4Fo<]lROoRQ8kF On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 10:02 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:21:16 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote: > > Including unititialised in-variables? Partially initialised records? > > OK, clearly this applies only to the things the subprogram is responsible > for. > > > And can you document all side effects on by reference (or global) > > variables at all, in the presence of exceptions? > > That depends on the meaning of "all." Certainly, we cannot control > side-effects on the CPU's cache or on the green gas emission caused by > consuming electricity during subprogram execution... Yes, no need repeating the absurd. So what is the meaning of "all side effects"?