Re: What is faster Ada or C?

[James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>]

Will wrote:
> 
> Mr Stroustrup said having 2 inline function with the same name but
> defined different is illegal. However both g++ and vc++ are pretty
> happy with
> having 2 identical inline functions in different files. I 'd think its
> not
> mandatory for C++ compilers to detect this kind of conflicts. I wonder
> how its
> resolved in Ada. Search every single file to search for the inline
> definition
> and scream if two inline functions (of the same name ) are found? Or
> be happy with the first inline found? Try guessing by looking at
> comments? :)

The result will depend upon how the code is written. If the inline
functions with the same name are placed in two different packages,
then no problem arises, since the packages provide a name space for
the functions. If they are defined as stand-alone compilation
units the Ada compiler will either complain about ambiguity or
take the first one found, depending upon the compiler's compilation
model.

Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA