From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3dfe18b59c34a51c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-29 12:37:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Relational Operators Date: 29 Oct 2001 19:31:40 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9rkaqs$8201@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <3BD959E1.6C0AD647@hotmail.com> <69eC7.1430$xS6.1903@www.newsranger.com> <9rj4tf$piq$1@st520.dotcom.fr> <3bdd30a0$1@pull.gecm.com> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5643.dhcp.okstate.edu To: Robert Dewar User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15373 Date: 2001-10-29T19:31:40+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, in comp.lang.ada, Martin Dowie wrote: > Does this tie in with Robert Dewar's point about LRM references in > compiler messages? > > e.g. > GNAT > test.adb:4:21: unexpected relational operator > > ObjectAda > test.adb: Error: line 4 col 21 LRM:4.4(3), Operand of = cannot be > another relational operation, Inserting parentheses > > I know which I found more useful, but perhaps this is just "My Opinion" But I don't see wht the LRM reference adds. "Operand of = cannot be another relational operation" alone is better than the GNAT message, with or without the LRM reference (and I'm really not much interested in the functionings of the compiler error-correcting routines.) -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less." - "Disciple", Stuart Davis