Re: Required Metrics

["Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org>]

"Ted Dennison" <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
news:8ek4ea$5ta$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <5DDO4.2237$wb7.194854@news.flash.net>,
>   "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> wrote:
> > In the Ada Reference Manual, paragraphs D.8:37-45 states that "The
> > implementation shall document" a series of metrics related to the
> ...
> > details of that configuration." However, although my compiler's
> > reference manual claims that "The real-time systems annex is fully
> > implemented", it goes on to say " Information on metrics is not yet
> > available." Does a compiler fully implement the real-time systems
> > annex if it does not meet the documentation requirements?
>
> I remember asking almost this exact question here about a year and a
> half ago. You can search deja for the thread. But the answer I remember
> getting was that since there is (and can be) no test in the Ada
> validation test suite for documentation requirements, implementors can
> pretty much get away with murder here.

I'm not surprised, but I don't think it really answers my question. The
issue isn't, in my mind, "How easy is it for vendors to ignore certain
requirements?".  It's "Is there really a requirement?" (See my response to
Tucker's post for more...)