Re: Too big

[Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>]

On 16-03-24 00:18 , mike-h@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk wrote:
> "gnatmake -ws -c -u -PC:\Users\Mike\Desktop\Ada\Sudoku_solver\solver.gpr solver-solve.adb
> gcc -c -I- -gnatA C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\Ada\Sudoku_solver\solver-solve.adb
> cannot generate code for file solver-solve.adb (subunit)
> gnatmake: "C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\Ada\Sudoku_solver\solver-solve.adb" compilation error
> [2016-03-23 21:55:41] process exited with status 4 (elapsed time: 03.37s)"
>
> What is the most likely reason? For example, the offending subunit
> contains a large number of "separate" procedures. Would it help to
> wrap them up in a package?

GNAT's message suggests to me that solver-solve.adb is itself a subunit 
(of solver). GNAT cannot fully compile subunits separately; it can check 
their syntax and semantics, but cannot generate code. GNAT generates the 
code for subunits when it compiles the parent unit. So for GNAT, "is 
separate" works somewhat as "#include" in C.

For example, if I have, in solver.adb:

procedure Solver
is
    X : Integer;

    procedure Solve (A : in out Integer)
    is separate;

begin
    X := 14;
    Solve (X);
end Solver;

and then in solver-solve.adb:

separate (Solver)
procedure Solve (A : in out Integer)
is begin
   A := A + 1;
end Solve;

and give the command "gnatmake -ws -c -u solver-solve.adb" I get

gcc -c solver-solve.adb
cannot generate code for file solver-solve.adb (subunit)
gnatmake: "solver-solve.adb" compilation error

but the command "gnatmake -ws -c -u solver.adb" succeeds and creates 
solver.o.

A consequence of this GNAT property is that dividing a large unit into 
subunits decrease source-file size, but does not decrease compile-time.

Can your problem be this simple?

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Niklas Holsti
Tidorum Ltd
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