Re: graphical output on win xp with gnavi-package

[duke_luke@gmx.de (Duke Luke)]

tmoran@acm.org wrote in message news:<9JOdnY_yzN3XmcHfRVn-iQ@comcast.com>...
> >why can't i install claw?
> >...
> >gnatbind -x shapes.ali
> >error: elaboration circularity detected
>   Section 11.9 of the Gnat 3.15p User Guide talks about this.  They
> suggest you change the structure of the program, but do say this may
> be impractical.  Their second suggestion is to use the "-gnatE"
> option so "The behavior is then exactly as specified in the Ada 95
> Reference Manual."  Claw assumes Ada 95 behavior.
>   Gnat used to follow the Ada rules on this, but they decided to change
> the default behavior to something else with Gnat 3.15p, thus breaking the
> Claw installation instructions.  The Claw instructions for Gnat users
> clearly need to be changed to reflect this.  BTW, IMHO you should also use
> -gnato to get Ada behavior on overflow.  Failing to do this will not
> generate any compile errors, any errors would occur at runtime.

It doesn't work that way either! What does this -gnatE option mean?
How is it possible that the authors of claw didnt respect that
possibility? This concerns every user of gnat 3.15, doesn't it? What
else can I try to solve the problem?

Greetings,
Lukas