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,e151cd4e58019c6c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-10 00:19:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon01.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie: Best Ada Compiler for MS Windows ? References: <5ee5b646.0204092008.7a6a41bc@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.175.240.200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1018423096 ST000 64.175.240.200 (Wed, 10 Apr 2002 03:18:16 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 03:18:16 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: SCSYQN_@O@SIRQ@[ORHD]_\@VR]^@B@MCPWZKB]MPXHZUSAANVUEAE[YETZPIWWI[FCIZA^NBFXZ_D[BFNTCNVPDTNTKHWXKB@X^B_OCJLPZ@ET_O[G\XSG@E\G[ZKVLBL^CJINM@I_KVIOR\T_M_AW_M[_BWU_HFA_]@A_A^SGFAUDE_DFTMQPFWVW[QPJN Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 07:18:16 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22299 Date: 2002-04-10T07:18:16+00:00 List-Id: > > It is painfull to realize today's newbies using the > > "free" compiler won't have that. > The statement is of course false! A little test program, with one (non-"free") compiler using default options, ada.text_io.put_line(ada.exceptions.exception_information(oops)); generated: CONSTRAINT_ERROR Index or Subtype out of bounds - Pos of Error Value = -1 On Line Number 6 In TESTCON.TEST1 Called from line number 13 In TESTCON.TEST2 Called from line number 17 In TESTCON With Gnat 3.14p, adding the -g compile option and -E binder option and withing a Gnat library package and replacing ada.exceptions.exception_information(oops) with gnat.traceback.symbolic.symbolic_traceback(oops) one gets: 004012B8 in testcon.test1 at testcon.adb:7 0040130E in testcon.test2 at testcon.adb:14 00401425 in testcon at testcon.adb:18 00401261 in main at b~testcon.adb:135 00401103 in ?? at crt1.c:0 77E97D06 in ?? at fake:0 As to the impression made on the average newbie, we apparently differ.