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From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
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Subject: Re: avl tree - booch components
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I thought there was a pragma - probably GNAT specific - that let you put
strings into a binary build for identification purposes. Can't recall at the
moment what it was, but I'm pretty sure it was there.

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"Jeffrey Carter" <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote in message
news:3BA12F31.D75C1280@boeing.com...
> > Warren W. Gay VE3WWG <ve3wwg@home.com> wrote:
> >
> > Having :
> >
> >        CVSID: constant String := "$Header$";
> >
> > embedded strings of course, lets you identify what your binaries
> > are built with -- an extremely useful tool for working with
> > production level binaries.
>
> Unless the constant is never referenced, and your compiler optimizes it
> away.
>
> --
> Jeffrey Carter