Re: Discriminated records are not the most efficient, but ...

[Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>]

Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) wrote:
> Le Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:06:53 +0200, Peter C. Chapin <chapinp@acm.org> a 
> écrit:
>> Tasks aren't compilation units because they can't be compiled on their
>> own. They must be contained in something else (such as a package or
>> subprogram).
>>
>> Peter
> I see the point, but... this is the same for functions and procedures 
> (except the entry point procedure or function).

Subprograms can be compiled on their own, without being enclosed in a 
package. See, for example, RM 10.1.1(31). (In that example, the 
subprogram is a child of a package, but that is not essential.)

In my applications, such stand-alone subprograms are often generic, and 
their instantiations occur in a package and use the rich environment 
that the instantiating package provides. But also non-generic 
subprograms can be compiled on their own.

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Niklas Holsti
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