Re: Generic Packages

[eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)]

In article <35CF1129.4DCB0B15@lmco.com> Tory Patnoe <tory.l.patnoe@lmco.com> writes:

> Does the compiler make TWO separate instantiations of int_io in this
> case?   It would, therefore, make my code larger and take more 
> time at elaboration?  I suspect this is the case and consequently it
> would be better to do something like this. 

>   package int_io is new integer_io; use int_io;

    Normally the overhead for elaborating a generic instantiation is
trivial, on the order of a procedure call and a few assignments.
However, it is worth noting that combining instances like this can
have semantic effects.  Integer_IO has two variables, Default_Base and
Default_Width that can be set by user, but hardly ever are.  (In fact
they probably account for two of those assignments during
instantiation.)
--

					Robert I. Eachus

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