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On 2/8/11 9:04 AM, Ludovic Brenta wrote:

> BTW, like I said, *every* time I look at C code, I see a bug. In your
> case, foo has undefined behavior if countdown is negative.

You took the bait.   Fine.

Strict contracts in subprogram profiles. Ha!

void foo2(int jump)
   /* make sure jump % 2 == 0! */
{
    ...
}

Write that in Ada 2005 to demonstrate the glorious power of
your subtype constraints.  When was it that compilers will
support aspects reliably?