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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: get_immediate echoe character--compiled error?
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richardthiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com> writes:
> When I build and run the following program using Gnat 11 in Linux Mint
> 21.2, the keys I press are echoed on the console. According to the Ada 
> Reference Manual, they should not be echoed. Is this a compiler error?

Where does the ARM say that?

> with ada.text_io; use ada.text_io;
> procedure test3 is
>   c: character;
>   avail: boolean;
> begin
>   loop
>     loop
>       Get_Immediate(c, Avail);
>       if Avail then
>         exit;
>       end if;
>       delay 0.01;
>     end loop;
>   end loop;
> end test3;	
>
> This does not happen if I call get_immediate without the avail
> parameter, i.e. get_immediate(c);
>

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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */