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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a7e1cc697e6a4b51 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dewar@gnat.com Subject: Re: newbie problem - how to Date: 1998/11/08 Message-ID: <7242js$1vm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 409602747 References: <03F1770557943D79.F5DA81D0384C72CE.353F95DB3C8D0DD5@library-proxy.airnews.net> <87g1bwi7gj.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x11.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Sun Nov 08 12:25:32 1998 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1998-11-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Dana Holland wrote: > > > > Well, I tried that, and came up with this error: > > +===========================GNAT BUG DETECTED==============================+ > | Error detected at buftask.adb:23:28 | > | Please submit bug report by email to report@gnat.com | > | Use a subject line meaningful to you and us to track the bug | > | Include full sources in ASCII in a format compatible with gnatchop | > | First line of sources must be marked by an Ada -- comment line | > | Last line of sources must be last line of email message (no signature!) | > | See gnatinfo.txt file for more info on procedure for submitting bugs | > | 3.10p (970814) (powerpc-ibm-aix4.1.4.0) Gigi abort, Code=999 | > +========================================================== ================+ > compilation abandoned > gnatmake: "buftask.adb" compilation error > > I was about to send in a bug report, and then saw in the archives of this > newsgroup that it wouldn't do any good (other people's opinions, not mine). If by "wouldn't do any good", you mean that you will not get immediate help from us, that is correct, Ada Core Technologies can only provide this service for supported customers. So it won't do *you* any *immediate* good. However, we do look at all bug reports, and all such errors get fixed in future versions (if they are not fixed already). So sending in bug reports most certainly does do good for the *gnat user community* in the *long run*, so there is definitely something to be gained by taking the effort to send in a bug report. We have got lots of such bug reports in the past from unsupported users, and almost all have been fixed at this stage. Please note that if you do send in a bug report, it must have the *full* sources, and follow the directions in the bug box. > Does this truly mean that something is wrong with GNAT, or does it mean that > I've keyed something in wrong? The section of code looks like this, with It certainly means something is wrong with the version of GNAT you are using, it may well also mean that you keyed in something wrong because it is sometimes the case that incorrect code can trigger a bug, so it is reasonable to look at the source at that point. You gave only part of your full sources from which it is hard to say anything anyway. Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own