From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body
Date: 1997/04/23
Date: 1997-04-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E9415t.8z9@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mheaney-ya023680002204972039270001@news.ni.net
In article <mheaney-ya023680002204972039270001@news.ni.net>,
Matthew Heaney <mheaney@ni.net> wrote:
> Why You Need Pragma Elaborate_All And Not Just Elaborate
>
>o An instantiation of a generic inside another generic (package) isn't
>really elaborated until the elaboration of the instantiation of the
>enclosing generic. So that's why we need pragma Elaborate_All and not just
>pragma Elaborate.
>
>o If you call a subprogram of a package you with'd during your
>elaboration, you need to pragma Elaborate_All, to cover elaboration of
>library units in the called subprogram.
Right.
In practice, this leads to the simple rule: Always use Elaborate_All
instead of Elaborate, except when you can't. "When you can't" means
there's some sort of mutual recursion going on, and you have to use
Elaborate instead.
- Bob
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Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-04-18 0:00 AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body JP Thornley
1997-04-18 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-19 0:00 ` Michael Paus
1997-04-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Redefinition of "=", elaboration and learning Ada Mats Weber
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-26 0:00 ` AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body Nick Roberts
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-01 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Booch "forms" and child packages [was: AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body] John G. Volan
1997-05-02 0:00 ` AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body John G. Volan
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-20 0:00 ` Doug Smith
1997-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-04-30 0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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