From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,16e3a8dd4f3ab3f3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: JP Thornley Subject: Re: Elaboration order Date: 1996/03/23 Message-ID: <696076745wnr@diphi.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 144154137 x-nntp-posting-host: diphi.demon.co.uk references: <314701A1.469D@lfwc.lockheed.com> <314D2E1C.5C72@lfwc.lockheed.com> <4in4am$klb@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> <4inpiv$alk@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com> <4ip58c$gqo@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com> x-mail2news-path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!diphi.demon.co.uk organization: None reply-to: jpt@diphi.demon.co.uk newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-03-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article: <4ip58c$gqo@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com> l117593@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com (Cordes MJ) writes: [snip] > Thanks for the input, but that doesn't help me quantify the risk. Scanning > the machine code for a complex application (assume over 200 packages), looking > for a class of error which neither of us has seen, does not give me any > confidence that we would catch the error if it did show up. Some sort > of automated verification is a possibility, but I need a better understanding > of the risk before I propose a new tool. And getting a grasp on the risk > was the intent of my original post. > > Is there anybody out there who is doing analysis on elaboration order? > : - Bob > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael J Cordes > Phone: (817) 935-3823 > Fax: (817) 935-3800 > EMail: CordesMJ@lfwc.lockheed.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > FWIW, the safety critical code we write uses a subset that avoids any elaboration order dependencies (and there is a tool to ensure conformance to the subset). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | JP Thornley EMail jpt@diphi.demon.co.uk | ------------------------------------------------------------------------