Re: Ada -vs- GNAT

["chris.danx" <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com>]

"Robert Dewar" <dewar@gnat.com> wrote in message
news:5ee5b646.0205251437.ef0cdd6@posting.google.com...


> Read the implementation advice in 2.8(17-19):
>
> 17   Normally, an implementation should not define pragmas that can
> make an illegal program legal, except as follows:
>
>    18  A pragma used to complete a declaration, such as a
>        pragma Import;
>
>    19  A pragma used to configure the environment by
>        adding, removing, or replacing library_items.
>
> Since this pragma does neither, you are recommending a
> violation of advice in the RM :-) and we would have to
> document this in Annex M saying why we are doing it!

I wasn't recommending anything.  I simply asked why a warning was generated
instead an error, and you've answered that.


Thanks,
Chris