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From: Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com>
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Subject: Re: [GNAT] Option for chasing some uninitialized variables ?
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:32:37 +0200
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"Gautier direct_replies_not_read" <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I faintly remember that there is a debug option or pragma
>that gives an out-of-range value to uninitialized variables
>or record fields, when possible, so that the range check always
>raises Constraint_Error when such a value is used before it has
>been initialized. Can someone recall its name - if it exists ?

You probably mean one of "pragma Normalize_Scalars", "pragma
Initialize_Scalars" and "-gnatv" (both GNAT-specific).


Vinzent.