Re: Too big

[Cotswold Mike <mike-h@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk>]

On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 23:04:26 UTC, Anh Vo  wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 3:23:03 PM UTC-7, Cotswold Mike wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 22:18:51 UTC, Cotswold Mike  wrote:
> > > "gnatmake -ws -c -u -PC:\Users\Mike\Desktop\Ada\Sudoku_solver\solver.gpr solver-solve.adb
> > > gcc -c -I- -gnatA C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\Ada\Sudoku_solver\solver-solve.adb
> > > cannot generate code for file solver-solve.adb (subunit)
> > > gnatmake: "C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\Ada\Sudoku_solver\solver-solve.adb" compilation error
> > > [2016-03-23 21:55:41] process exited with status 4 (elapsed time: 03.37s)"
> > > 
> > > What is the most likely reason? For example, the offending subunit contains a large number of "separate" procedures. Would it help to wrap them up in a package?
> > > 
> > > For information, it's a SUDOKU solver program that attempts to use algorithmic rather than heuristic methods
> > > 
> > > All sensible suggestions welcom
>  
> This is just a guess. There is at least one grandchild package solver-solve-grandchild*.adb failed to compile correctly.
> 
> Anh Vo

Many thanks for that suggestion. The trouble started when I began working on a new grandchild procedure (solver-solve-remote_pair_chain). Comment out the call and all goes back to normal. For the moment I'll concentrate on that line of enquiry.

Mike