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: 103376,571930b4ff0bc1ee X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-02 17:34:05 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!easynews!cyclone.swbell.net!nnrp3.sbc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Pat Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3AC03CCE.70E3C2D5@mida.se><3AC18DD1.EF25CE42@mida.se><5mzw6.415$1H6.72722473@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com><3AC2EB17.33AAEC0A@mida.se><3AC46252.B7E54EA6@free.fr><3AC4B7F9.7C73455A@free.fr><3AC6ED5F.9F2F51A5@free.fr><3AC84628.D8B70C7C@free.fr> Subject: Re: Compile time executed functions 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: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:33:37 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.191.184.67 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: nnrp3.sbc.net 986258019 208.191.184.67 (Mon, 02 Apr 2001 19:33:39 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 19:33:39 CDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6388 Date: 2001-04-02T19:33:37-05:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wcc4rw7ealq.fsf@world.std.com... > Also, Ada generics can't be recursive. Lest people not familiar with Ada misinterpret Bob's statement -- if I may be so bold as to put words in his mouth -- he doesn't mean that a generic subprogram cannot be a recursive subprogram once instantiated. He means that the generic itself cannot be recursive, as in: generic procedure P; procedure P is procedure PP is new P; -- this is not legal; the name P is that of an instance begin ... end P; (Sorry if that is not what you meant.) --- Patrick Rogers Consulting and Training in: http://www.classwide.com Real-Time/OO Languages progers@classwide.com Hard Deadline Schedulability Analysis (281)648-3165 Software Fault Tolerance