Re: package body functionality

["Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org>]

If you're asking "are these different," the only difference I can think of
is that a given compiler *might* optimize them differently, up to and
including eliminating the variable altogether!

"Staffan Dittmer" <f97stdi@dd.chalmers.se> wrote in message
news:9eoeiv$h8$1@eol.dd.chalmers.se...
: the question might be a bit obscure but
: considering the two package bodies below
:
: package body A is
:  variable: some_type:=call_some_function_outside_A;
: end A;
:
: package body B is
:  variable: some_type;
: begin
:  variable:=call_some_function_outside_B;
: end B;
:
: I know that in B the variable will be assigned
: every time a program using the package is run,
: but is this also true for A, or will the variable in
: this case only be assigned at compile time ?
:
: saturdays usually makes me confused...
:
: / Staffan Dittmer