Re: Relational Operators

["Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@nospam.baesystems.com>]

<tgingold@pc204.ipricot.fr> wrote in message
news:9rj4tf$piq$1@st520.dotcom.fr...
> In article <69eC7.1430$xS6.1903@www.newsranger.com>, Ted Dennison wrote:
> > In article <3BD959E1.6C0AD647@hotmail.com>, Gordon Cooke says...
> >>
> >>Is this code legal?
> >>
> >>procedure Test is
> >>   B : Boolean;
> >>begin
> >>   B := True = True = True;
> >>end Test;
> >
> > Yes. It looks like you found a compiler bug in Gnat. Good job. :-)
> No, this code is not legal:
> according to LRM 4.4:
> relation ::=
>      simple_expression [relational_operator simple_expression]
>    | simple_expression [not] in range
>    | simple_expression [not] in subtype_mark
>
> And LRM 4.5 says:
> relational_operator ::=   =   | /=  | <   | <= | > | >=


Does this tie in with Robert Dewar's point about LRM references in
compiler messages?

e.g.
GNAT
test.adb:4:21: unexpected relational operator

ObjectAda
test.adb: Error: line 4 col 21 LRM:4.4(3), Operand of = cannot be
another relational operation, Inserting parentheses

I know which I found more useful, but perhaps this is just "My Opinion"