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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6e6cdf6ff50e684 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-10 17:09:28 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <95tqbh$ag7$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <962n4v$fmg$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <27eh6.3787$y03.254014@news.flash.net> <963tu2$b0f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Subject: Re: Representation clause for enumeratives X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 01:09:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.67.100.167 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 981853766 65.67.100.167 (Sat, 10 Feb 2001 19:09:26 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 19:09:26 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5106 Date: 2001-02-11T01:09:26+00:00 List-Id: "Robert Dewar" wrote in message news:963tu2$b0f$1@nnrp1.deja.com... : In article <27eh6.3787$y03.254014@news.flash.net>, : "Ken Garlington" wrote: : > : P.S. The one undesirable behavior in GNAT that I see, and : > : will fix is that the error flag is not clearly placed on : > : the particular literal that is causing trouble! : > : > Which was also my point. : : OK, well it would help to be a little less obscure when making : such points in future :-) In particular, the flag is placed on : the representation clause itself, not on the wrong literal, so : it is not wrongly placed, just not as specifically placed as : you might like. : : What is quite helpful is to quote -gnatl output in such cases : in comp.lang.ada listings, because then it is very clear what : the message is applying to, if you only quote the brief errors : we don't really know what line numbers are being referenced, : because we don't have the full program. I'd like that, but I use the AdaGIDE that comes with 3.12p, and it doesn't allow the messages to be cut and pasted. : In fact I would not have noticed this at all if I had not : bothered to make a full example and compile it myself! : : : Sent via Deja.com : http://www.deja.com/