Re: Howto debug seg-faulting Ada 95 code?

["Jeffrey Creem" <jeff@thecreems.com>]

> "Jeffrey Creem" <jeff@thecreems.com> wrote in message
> news:FhMc9.91102$kp.733909@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...
> <snip>
> > Either use new or declare the variable at the library level (in a
> package)
> > to make it go on the heap.
>
> What has a declaration at the library level have to do with the heap?
>
>

Techically nothing..I don't believe I have ever read anything in the LRM
that
says for sure that if you declare a variable in a package it goes on the
heap but
if you declare it in a procedure (including the mainline) it goes on the
stack. (See, now
why did Robert have to go and leave...Where is Tucker Taft when you need
him)

Having said that, every compiler I have used does something like this.  It
also tends to
make intuitive sense.