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From: awdorrin <awdorrin@gmail.com>
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On Dec 22, 2:21=A0am, Adam Beneschan <a...@irvine.com> wrote:
>
> If LAN_CFG_FILE is declared inside a procedure as shown in a previous
> post, how can elaboration order be an issue?
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-- Adam

Ugh, you are right! I was under the impression that this LAN file was
a separate package and kept reading the 'procedure LAN' line as
'package LAN'... which was making me think the problem was elaboration
related...  I think this impression was enforced by the long delay
between the declaration section being executed and the body of the
procedure being called. I'll need to take a fresh look at this when I
get into work this morning.

Now, I'm thinking that the cause is likely related to compiler
optimization, and that optimization is not occurring when we append
the Null character at the end of the string.


Regarding the suggestion to use an all Ada config package, the code
I'm working on was originally developed in the mid 80s and is a
combination of Ada and C. It has been migrated from multiple platforms
over the past 25 years, and there are limitations to what I can
change. If I had my way, we would be redesigning/reimplementing this
using modern concepts rather than on the original limitations of the
Ada83 language. :)