Re: package body functionality

[Aron Felix Gurski <aron@spam-block.gmx.li>]

Staffan Dittmer wrote:
> 
> the question might be a bit obscure but
> considering the two package bodies below
> 
> package body A is
>  variable: some_type:=call_some_function_outside_A;
> end A;
> 
> package body B is
>  variable: some_type;
> begin
>  variable:=call_some_function_outside_B;
> end B;
> 
> I know that in B the variable will be assigned
> every time a program using the package is run,
> but is this also true for A, or will the variable in
> this case only be assigned at compile time ?
> 
> saturdays usually makes me confused...

The function of the compiler is to convert (in this case) package body A into
object code, not to execute the code in some other package (which, conceivably,
might not even be compiled yet).

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