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From: Mats Weber <matsw@mail.com>
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Robert A Duff wrote:

> > DEC Ada creates the allocator in the object file if everything is
>                       ^^^^^^^^^
> > static. That's why you can't compile this.
> 
> There's no allocator there -- it's just a package-level variable.

Sorry, I meant aggregate, not allocator.

> I think on DEC Ada on VAX/VMS, the executable file would *not* contain
> all those zeros -- just an indication that the OS should create them as
> zero if and when necessary.  (Assuming One_Zillion is made small enough
> that the compiler doesn't blow up.)

I think it does, even it they are all zeros. I ran in that problem a few times.