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From: Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada.Execution_Time
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Robert A Duff expounded in
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> Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
..
>> Given the argument that the null statement is needed when
>> there is no other SOS, that SOS refers to executable
>> statements, and that neither a pragma nor a label are
>> considered such,... 
> 
> Well, a pragma Assert is a lot like a statement.
> I find it really annoying to have to write "null;"
> before or after some Asserts.  Pure noise, IMHO.
> (Again, no big deal.)

Personally I think an Assert "statement" (non pragma) could be 
added. Then the assertion _is_ a "statement". I would further 
suggest that _that_ would be active unless explicitly defeated 
by compile option(s) or by pragma <grin>.

Warren