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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:104b:: with SMTP id 72mr1192441ity.27.1555448172535; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:4c08:: with SMTP id z8mr19560145oia.30.1555448172336; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.dns-netz.com!news.freedyn.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer01.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.fr7!futter-mich.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!136no18291itk.0!news-out.google.com!w17ni28itb.0!nntp.google.com!b2no19270itd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1127d366-d36c-4abf-8590-4b8c0e2b5446@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2.123.143.189; posting-account=L2-UcQkAAAAfd_BqbeNHs3XeM0jTXloS NNTP-Posting-Host: 2.123.143.189 References: <1127d366-d36c-4abf-8590-4b8c0e2b5446@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1beabd13-0c34-4d8a-9a57-45243a07ffc4@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Why can't objects be static in Ada? From: Lucretia Injection-Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:56:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2061 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2460828605 Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:56141 Date: 2019-04-16T13:56:12-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:11:36 UTC+1, Mark Lorenzen wrote: > How can it be ensured that a library written in Ada does not require any = elaboration. Pragma Pure? I think that such libraries are "nice" but pragma= Pure is too restrictive for that purpose. In such cases it would be good, = if e.g. the OP's problem could be solved at compile time without any elabor= ation. I don't think it can, going by this thread. I also think this is why Ada wi= ll fail in other environments, i.e. not security or safety critical stuff, = but where performance is important.