Re: Discriminated records are not the most efficient, but ...

[Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

On 23 Aug, 14:16, Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauh...@futureapps.de> wrote:
> On 23.08.10 13:44, Martin wrote:
>
> > On 23 Aug, 08:33, Simon Wright <si...@pushface.org> wrote:
> >> Niklas Holsti <niklas.hol...@tidorum.invalid> writes:
> >>> Subprograms can be compiled on their own, without being enclosed in a
> >>> package.
>
> >> And a main subprogram is usually a compilation unit, ie not in a package
> >> (though I can't see anything that actually requires that,http://www.adaic.com/standards/05rm/html/RM-10-2.html(7)).
>
> > Used to be required in Ada83 (seehttp://archive.adaic.com/standards/83lrm/html/lrm-10-01.html#10.1
> > - just before 'Notes') but Ada95 relaxed the rules.
>
> package Empty is
>    pragma Elaborate_Body (Empty);
> end Empty;
>
> with Ada.Text_IO;
> package body Empty is
> begin
>    Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Psst!");
> end Empty;
>
> $ gnatchop empty.ada && gnatmake -z empty
>
> -- Georg

Yup, note Ada83 allowed implementations to support this too - it just
defined a 'minimum' level of support for a main subprograms as a
library-level parameterless procedure (NB: not function!).

-- Martin