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From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus.rm.tsoh@maps.futureapps.de>
Subject: Re: Pure, Storage_Size and Unchecked_Conversion
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:30:03 +0200
Date: 2007-07-10T10:26:27+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <469342b3$0$5700$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f6unk4$gb8$1@jacob-sparre.dk>

Randy Brukardt wrote:
> "Y.Tomino" <demoonlit@panathenaia.halfmoon.jp> wrote in message

>>    function F2 is new Ada.Unchecked_Conversion (Integer, T); -- NG
>>
>> Why does compiler make an error at F2?
> 
> You've gotten a whole bunch of answers, but I think the correct one has not
> be provided:
> it is a compiler bug and there should not be an error at F2.
> 
> I'd suggest that you (and others as well) should ask the people at AdaCore
> about what appear to be compiler bugs (especially in things changed by the
> Amendment, which are highly likely to be buggy as they are new) rather than
> confusing many with examples that seem to show non-existent limitations of
> Ada (as opposed to a particular compiler).

Thanks for pointing this out. I'm sure that the suspicion
of a bug has now turned into much more certainty and somewhat
better understanding of the language. A paradigmatic demonstration
of the value of support if that is within reach for an Ada 2005 compiler.




  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-10  8:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-08  0:24 Pure, Storage_Size and Unchecked_Conversion Y.Tomino
2007-07-08  9:49 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-07-08 10:41   ` Y.Tomino
2007-07-08 16:08 ` Martin Krischik
2007-07-09 13:31   ` Y.Tomino
2007-07-09 21:31     ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-07-10  1:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-07-10  8:30   ` Georg Bauhaus [this message]
2007-07-15 17:30   ` Y.Tomino
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