Re: Gnat 3.13p: Command_Name RM A.15

["Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr>]

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"Robert Dewar" <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> a �crit dans le message news: 945ns0$7f7$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <944r6m$f6d$1@wanadoo.fr>,
>   "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > And it is specially unfortunate that in GNAT System_Name has
> > the same single value, SYSTEM_NAME_GNAT, on all targets...
>
> As I said in the previous note, the idea that every copy of
> System contains All possible values on all targets is fatally
> flawed. It is really too bad that the definition was not
>
>   System_Name : constant String := "impl dependent string";
>
> Then we would just put the target identification string
> there, this would be perfectly easy to do, but unfortunately
> is not permitted!
>
This is an interesting idea. Since additions to System are permitted, maybe vendors could agree to add f.e.:
    Target_Name : constant string := <Whatever>;

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