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,c1983ae2deb642ab X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 15:44:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <5ee5b646.0205250737.4ec74872@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0205251437.ef0cdd6@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Ada -vs- GNAT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 23:44:34 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.5.140.234 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1022366690 80.5.140.234 (Sat, 25 May 2002 23:44:50 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 23:44:50 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24805 Date: 2002-05-25T23:44:34+01:00 List-Id: "Robert Dewar" 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