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From: mfb@mbunix.mitre.org (Michael F Brenner)
Subject: Re: Conditional Code in Ada 95?
Date: 1998/08/24
Date: 1998-08-24T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6rrtuf$cqg@top.mitre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2$$CdIjQwTPX@nedcu4

>> I just saw some Ada95 code riddled with conditional
>> compilation statements. I wasn't aware that this
>> was part of Ada95 and I can't find it in the ARM.

> Fortunately... The clean (and compatible) way remains
> hardware-specific units when needed and, within an unit,
> constants like ...

Yes, constants are good for executable statements. However, there is
no way WITHIN the Ada language to select which of the hardware
specific bodies to use with a multi-platform package.

This is to be considered a requirement for Ada 200X.





  parent reply	other threads:[~1998-08-24  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-08-21  0:00 Conditional Code in Ada 95? Rex Reges
1998-08-21  0:00 ` Gene Ouye
1998-08-24  0:00   ` Mark A Biggar
1998-08-27  0:00     ` Samuel T. Harris
1998-08-27  0:00       ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1998-08-22  0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1998-08-23  0:00   ` dewar
1998-08-24  0:00     ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1998-08-24  0:00   ` Michael F Brenner [this message]
1998-08-25  0:00     ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-08-28  0:00       ` Laurent Pautet
1998-08-25  0:00     ` dewarr
1998-08-25  0:00       ` Richard D Riehle
1998-08-26  0:00         ` dennison
1998-08-26  0:00           ` Richard D Riehle
1998-08-27  0:00             ` dennison
1998-08-26  0:00       ` Michael F Brenner
1998-08-22  0:00 ` dewarr
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