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From: cary@svl.trw.com (Cary Jamison)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Systemless use of 'Address.
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Date: 11 Nov 1994 20:32:07 GMT
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Date: 1994-11-11T20:32:07+00:00
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In article <9411101514.AA21438@eurocontrol.de>, Bob Wells #402
<wel@EUROCONTROL.DE> wrote:

> G'day,
> 
> Given the following procedure declaration:
> 
>   procedure Display_Code2String (
>     Data_Address : in     System.Address;
>     Data_Size    : in     Natural;
>     Data         : in out String_Ptr;
>     Length       : in out Natural;
>     Append       : in     Boolean := False);
> 
> 
> and the following call to the procedure
> 
>         Draw.Display_Code2String ( Data_Address => Tmp_String'Address,
>                                    Data_Size    => Tmp_String'Size,
>                                    Data         => Return_String,
>                                    Length       => Return_String_Length );
> 
> Why does the Verdix compiler (sorry specifically the
> 
> Verdix Ada Compiler, Copyright 1984, 1992
> VADSworks for Sun-4 -> MC68020/30/vxWorks, (VADS 6.0.5)
> Mon Aug 17 09:11:00 EST 1992 2.0.3(b)
> 
> accept this procedyre call **without** the a with clause for the package
> System?
> 
[...]

I've noticed something similar for SunAda 2.1 (Verdix version???).  When
using the Language package, I forgot to with it in some cases, but the
compiler only gave me warnings instead of errors.

-- 
Cary Jamison
cary@svl.trw.com