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"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message
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> David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote:
> > Elaboration is nothing at all like the instantiation of a C++ class.
> > Elaboration is a _process_ that takes place at program startup wherein
> > declarations are executed -- e.g. to initialize a constant or variable.
>
> Only at program startup?

Yes, only at startup. By the time that the main procedure starts execution,
everything it uses is elaborated.