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-Thread: 103376,aea4cc77526f5e4a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newscon04.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr19.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <47bf11df$0$14990$4f793bc4@news.tdc.fi> Subject: Re: Separate Compilation in Programming Languages X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.134.114.51 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr19.news.prodigy.net 1203725666 ST000 70.134.114.51 (Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:14:26 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:14:26 EST Organization: AT&T http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: SCSYASBEQJV]SQ@[EZOD]_\@VR]^@B@MCPWZKB]MPXHNDQUBLNTC@AWZWDXZXQ[K\FFSKCVM@F_N_DOBWVWG__LG@VVOIPLIGX\\BU_B@\P\PFX\B[APHTWAHDCKJF^NHD[YJAZMCY_CWG[SX\Y]^KC\HSZRWSWKGAY_PC[BQ[BXAS\F\\@DMTLFZFUE@\VL Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:14:52 -0800 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20006 Date: 2008-02-22T16:14:52-08:00 List-Id: "Niklas Holsti" wrote in message news:47bf11df$0$14990$4f793bc4@news.tdc.fi... > adaworks@sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> Do you still use the "is separate" feature in a package body? > > I never use it. My subprograms are rarely long enough to make it useful (given > that there is no compilation-speed advantage under GNAT), and I seldom use > nested packages. > Thanks. The issue is not compilation speed, nor even size of the source code. Rather, the real benefit of Ada's separate compilation model is the management of dependencies.