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On 28-Mar-14 17:15, Peter Chapin wrote:
> Such a feature for Ada would probably require a way to represent Ada
> code abstractly so the compiler can manipulate it.

Something like DIANA (Descriptive Intermediate Attributed Notation for Ada)?

Wikipedia Link: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIANA_%28intermediate_language%29

ACM Link:
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=SERIES10245.69574

Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/DIANA-Intermediate-Language-Ada-Computer/dp/3540126953/