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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Rubin Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Haskell, anyone? Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 21:48:18 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <878u5yo5p9.fsf@nightsong.com> References: <87mvue50ey.fsf@ixod.org> <87d1vaoa6y.fsf@nightsong.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="811568160cd9f4c22b2423e1fab39dcc"; logging-data="2176"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+0QxP1R92ZQZac8Emx8AvR" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/e5W2VncoXb8RflHRe7VDdL8yRM= sha1:IzBeOmUu9vVpO4/iAU6/5KBddEM= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:28389 Date: 2015-11-15T21:48:18-08:00 List-Id: "Nasser M. Abbasi" writes: > It is detected at compile time. It gives warning. So compiler > can see at compile time the problem. That's different, a special case that the compiler happens to be able to figure out. A true compile time check will refuse to compile the code unless it can prove x+y<20, possibly with manual assistance. Also the lack of proof would result in an error (you can't compile the code), not a warning.