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From: Cary Jamison <cary@svl.trw.com>
Subject: Re: GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!)
Date: 1996/10/28
Date: 1996-10-28T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3275A12F.B8F@svl.trw.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.846162354@merv


Robert Dewar wrote:
[...]
RD> Consider this program, which we now, as you see, generate a warning for:
RD> 
RD>      1. with Text_IO; use Text_IO;
RD>      2. procedure t1 is
RD>      3.    type m is mod 256;
RD>      4.    a : m := 4;
RD>      5.    b : m := 5;
RD>      6. begin
RD>      7.     if not a < b then
RD>                |
RD>         >>> warning: operand of not operator should be parenthesized
RD> 
RD>      8.         Put_Line ("this is what I expect");
RD>      9.     else
RD>     10.         Put_Line ("but this is what I get!");
RD>     11.     end if;
RD>     12.
RD>     13.     if (not a) < b then
RD>     14.         Put_Line ("this is not what I expect");
RD>     15.     else
RD>     16.         Put_Line ("this is what I get, and I really asked for it!");
RD>     17.     end if;
RD>     18. end;
RD> 
RD> I think this warning is quite reasonable, since I would *really* like people
RD> to use parens if they really want the situation shown on line 13!

But, shouldn't the warning be "not expression should be parenthesized"?  I think
the "operand of not operator" would just be the 7, i.e. "not (7)" instead of "(not 7)".


-- 
Cary Jamison
TRW SIG
cary@svl.trw.com




  parent reply	other threads:[~1996-10-28  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-10-24  0:00 GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Robert Dewar
1996-10-24  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-25  0:00   ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
1996-10-26  0:00     ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1996-10-27  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-28  0:00       ` Matthew S. Whiting
1996-10-26  0:00   ` John Herro
1996-10-26  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1996-10-29  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-26  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-29  0:00       ` John Herro
1996-10-29  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-30  0:00     ` Dr. Peter E. Obermayer
1996-10-30  0:00       ` John Herro
1996-10-30  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-01  0:00         ` User Password expiration date extractor? Stein-Aksel Basma
1996-10-29  0:00   ` GNAT messages and the not operator (pitfall alert!) Norman H. Cohen
1996-10-29  0:00     ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
1996-10-30  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-30  0:00       ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1996-10-30  0:00         ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
1996-10-30  0:00           ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-10-30  0:00       ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-11-06  0:00         ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-11-18  0:00           ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-11-18  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-05  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-28  0:00 ` Cary Jamison [this message]
1996-10-29  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
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