Re: parallel translation (was: Direct Quote from the RM)

[Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh+bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de>]

On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 13:43 +0000, anon wrote:
> For Georg Bauhaus
> 
> As for parallel, I was talking about compiling up to 3_000 packages or 
> files used in a partition for a computer system with 4GB.

OK. This was my understanding, too.

> Task 1 in memmory -> (copy #1 of gnat compiler system) + (package 1) 
> Task 2 in memmory -> (copy #2 of gnat compiler system) + (package 2) 
> Task 3 in memmory -> (copy #3 of gnat compiler system) + (package 3) 
>   ...
> Task N in memmory -> (copy #4 of gnat compiler system) + (package N) 

Right. Now,

with P2;
package P1 is
   ...
end P1;

P1 (in file "p1.ads", say) depends on P2 (in file "p2.ads", say).
I am assuming that Task 1 is supposed to compile P1, and task 2
is supposed to compile P2. An elaboration order will have to be
established in order to translate almost anything. Here, for
example, task 1 (compiling P1) must know what is in P2 (compiled
in task 2) because P1 depends on P2. How do the compilers etc.
communicate?

> For "Elaboration rule"! Well try this:

Why should a programmer new to Ada mess with compiler files?
And how will the GNAT specifics of System.Storage_Elements and
special processing of System affect the package dependences in an
Ada project?