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,c15a8d7f9770bcd8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-07 14:39:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: AdaBrowse 1.5 available References: <87bscviw5c.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.115.106.27 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1018215529 ST000 67.115.106.27 (Sun, 07 Apr 2002 17:38:49 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 17:38:49 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: TSUGGTSDZRRQBQH]]RKB_UDAZZ\DPCPDLXUNNHLHEQR@ETUCCNSKQFCY@TXDX_WHSVB]ZEJLSNY\^J[CUVSA_QLFC^RQHUPH[P[NRWCCMLSNPOD_ESALHUK@TDFUZHBLJ\XGKL^NXA\EVHSP[D_C^B_^JCX^W]CHBAX]POG@SSAZQ\LE[DCNMUPG_VSC@VJM Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 21:38:49 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22201 Date: 2002-04-07T21:38:49+00:00 List-Id: > > Or what happens when the latest compiler version has a bug that > This is unlikely if AdaBrowse (and ASIS) was tested routinely during Perhaps there's a misunderstanding here. We had a case where a new release of a compiler fixed one problem but instruced a new one. The symptom of the new problem was a compiler crash on legal source code. Clearly in that case the new compiler, having crashed, won't generate ASIS stuff, and thus can't be used with AdaBrowse. Using the old compiler is undesirable because a) it had a (different) problem that forced a special contorted version of our source code, and b) I don't know of any way to switch easily between two versions of Gnat on one machine. Demanding that something completely compile with a possibly broken compiler seems excessive when all you really want is a prettification of the public part of some specs and some fancy cross-refererencing info.