Re: Required Metrics

[Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>]

In article <5DDO4.2237$wb7.194854@news.flash.net>,
  "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> wrote:
> In the Ada Reference Manual, paragraphs D.8:37-45 states that "The
> implementation shall document" a series of metrics related to the
...
> details of that configuration." However, although my compiler's
> reference manual claims that "The real-time systems annex is fully
> implemented", it goes on to say " Information on metrics is not yet
> available." Does a compiler fully implement the real-time systems
> annex if it does not meet the documentation requirements?

I remember asking almost this exact question here about a year and a
half ago. You can search deja for the thread. But the answer I remember
getting was that since there is (and can be) no test in the Ada
validation test suite for documentation requirements, implementors can
pretty much get away with murder here.

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