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: 103376,345a8b767542016e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-14 13:12:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: memory leakages with Ada? Date: 14 Mar 2002 15:11:44 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3c90af1e@news.starhub.net.sg> <3C910B50.2030208@callnetuk.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1016140306 12184 192.135.80.34 (14 Mar 2002 21:11:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:11:46 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21250 Date: 2002-03-14T15:11:44-06:00 List-Id: In article <3C910B50.2030208@callnetuk.com>, Nick Roberts writes: > > > Larry Kilgallen wrote: > >>In article <3c90af1e@news.starhub.net.sg>, "Calvin Ow" writes: >> >>>Has Ada got any memory leakage problems like that of C? >>> >> >>Ada95 has several additional capabilities to guard against memory leaks. >> > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it would be more correct to > put it this way: the Ada language makes provision for an implementation > to provide garbage collection. That would be nice if one were talking about garbage collection, but I wasn't. I was talking about user defined initialization, assignment and finalization of controlled types. Accessibility levels for access types might also be relevant in constraining unwarranted "creativity".