Re: [Fwd: F22 completes 11% of its Flight tests]

["Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com>]

David Starner wrote:
> GNAT has "with type" to allow two types to reference each other without being
> in the same package. That's only enabled with -gnatX so it's not a big deal.
> --
Thus demonstrating that I am not a knower-of-all once again! ;-)

As you point out, you have to throw a switch to make it happen. The
compiler still has a mode in which it will accept only standard
constructs, so if portability is your concern, you just always use that
mode. I think that's one of the best benefits of a validated compiler
with respect to portability. Go ahead and add features if you like, but
I can always verify that my code adheres to only standard features if
that is important to me.

MDC
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