Re: expression function bug or think?

[Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 16/06/2011 12:00, in article
678085105329914667.504682rmhost.bauhaus-maps.arcor.de@news.arcor.de, "georg
bauhaus" <rmhost.bauhaus@maps.arcor.de> wrote:

> When I compile the following program with GNAT GPL 2011 on Mac,
> I get confusingly different behavior depending on whether
> or not I suppress checks.

Strange. On Snow Leopard 10.6.7, I compile and run:

> /Users/wf/: gnatmake -gnat12 -gnatl run_fib.adb
> gcc -c -gnat12 -gnatl run_fib.adb
> 
> GNAT GPL 2011 (20110419)
> Copyright 1992-2011, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
> 
> Compiling: run_fib.adb (source file time stamp: 2011-06-16 18:50:24)
> 
>      1. with Functions;
>      2. with Ada.Text_IO;
>      3.
>      4. procedure Run_Fib is
>      5.     N : Natural;
>      6. begin
>      7.     if Functions.Fib(0) /= 0 then
>      8.          raise Program_Error;
>      9.     end if;
>     10.     N := Functions.Fib(10);
>     11.     Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("fib(10) =" & Natural'Image(N));
>     12. end Run_Fib;
> 
>  12 lines: No errors
> gcc -c -gnat12 -gnatl functions.ads
> 
> GNAT GPL 2011 (20110419)
> Copyright 1992-2011, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
> 
> Compiling: functions.ads (source file time stamp: 2011-06-16 18:51:28)
> 
>      1. package Functions is
>      2.    function Fib (N : Natural) return Natural is
>      3.        (case N is
>      4.         when 0 => 0,
>      5.         when 1 => 1,
>      6.         when others => Fib(N-1) + Fib(N-2));  -- L.6
>      7. end Functions;
> 
>  7 lines: No errors
> gnatbind -x run_fib.ali
> gnatlink run_fib.ali
> 
> 
> /Users/wf/: ./run_fib
> fib(10) = 55

The -gnatp option makes no difference.


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