Re: Ada to C Translator

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <1rht29.gc2.ln@leia>,
  Frode =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tenneb=F8?= <frodet@nvg.org> wrote:
> Robert Dewar wrote:

> This is indeed what I meant, circular elaboration. Circular
> dependencies is something completely different.

But circular elaboration cannot happen with a properly written
Ada program.


> > This is definitely a weak
> > spot in the design of Ada, I am sorry we could not fix it
for
> > Ada 95, but there just was not enough time.
>
> How would you suggest go about fixing this?

In general, the answer is simple "fix the bugs in your
program". Specific answers to this are very dependent on
the exact code in question -- as I mentioned before, a
significant part of our support effort is in helping people
get around these problems, so if you are a GNAT Professional
User, by all means ask us for help on such issues.

> And more importantly, will it be fixed in Ada 0X.

If there is an Ada 0X, and if it addresses these issues, it
most likely will do something similar to what GNAT does in
this area (as I assume you know, GNAT goes far beyond the
RM in terms of elaboration capabilities).

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies


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