Re: Circular Elaboration

[dewarr@my-dejanews.com]

In article <727kvi$s42$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  tgederberg@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to port a program written in Ada 83 on a Dec
Alpha to Ada 95 (Gnat)
> on windows NT.  During binding I get several circular
elaboration error
> messages.  One of the messages is like:
>
> "E (spec)" must be elaborated before "A (body)"
> "A (spec)" must be elaborated before E (spec)"
> "E (body)" must be elaborated before "A (spec)"
> reason: Elaborate_All probably needed in unit "A (spec)"
>   "E (body)"
>     is needed by its spec:
>   "E (spec)"
>     which is withed by:
>   "A (body)"
>     which is needed by its spec:
>   "A (spec)"
>     which is withed by:
>   "D (spec)"
>     which is withed by:
>   "C (body)"
>     which is needed by its spec:
>   "C (spec)"
>     which is withed by:
>   "B (body)"
>     which is needed by its spec:
>   "B (spec)"
>     which is withed by:
>   "A (spec)"
>
> I tried doing the Elaborate_All in the "A (spec)" as
suggested by the
> compiler, but get the same error (except it now says the
reason is that I am
> using the Elaborate_All pragam).
>
> Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
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