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: 103376,3796c9f26082a2b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-31 06:01:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!peernews!peer.cwci.net!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3cf652a0.31278796@news.demon.co.uk> <97xJ8.18262$wd3.3068622@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <5ee5b646.0205301930.1368d015@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Ada has no continual line(s) ?? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 14:01:41 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.5.140.234 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1022850119 80.5.140.234 (Fri, 31 May 2002 14:01:59 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 14:01:59 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25072 Date: 2002-05-31T14:01:41+01:00 List-Id: "Robert Dewar" wrote in message news:5ee5b646.0205301930.1368d015@posting.google.com... > > The compiler might throw away the & > > function and replace it with one long string in the above > > case (if it was more efficient to do so), since the > > expression doesn't involve a variable > > string, but that's just a guess. Would GNAT do that? > > > Yes, of course, this is essentially required by the language since > this is a static string expression as > defined in RM 4.9. Thanks!