Re: Hint to Ada newbies

[John Smith <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com>]

Thanks, this is super useful.

On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 1:06:32 AM UTC-5, Per Sandberg wrote:
> Som more hints on switches:
> 
> This is a snippet of my usual project file during development. It will 
> force me to keep a consistent layout and catch a lot of errors during 
> compile and tests.
> 
> my.gpr:
> ------------------------------------
> project My is
> 
>     for Source_Dirs use ("src");
>     for Object_Dir use ".obj";
>     for Main use ("main.adb");
> 
>    package Builder is
>      for Default_Switches("Ada") use ("-k", "-j0");
>      for Global_Configuration_Pragmas use project'Project_Dir & "my.gpp";
>      --  Initialize data to bad values.
>    end Builder;
> 
>    package Compiler is
>        for Switches ("ada") use
>          ("-gnatyybcfhiklnprtu", "-gnatyN256", "-gnaty3", -- Check 
> layout.
>           "-gnatVa", --  Turn on all validity checking options
>           "-gnatwa", --  Turn most info/Warning
>           "-gnatwe", --  Treat all warnings as errors
>           "-gnata",  --  Enable Assertions.
>           "-gnateE", --  Generate extra information in exception 
> messages
>           "-gnatQ"); --  Don't quit, write ali/tree file even if compile 
> errors
>     end Compiler;
> 
>     package Binder is
>        for Switches ("ada") use
>          ("-E");  -- Store callstack in exceptions.
>     end Binder;
> end Test_My;
> ------------------------------------
> my.gpp
> ----------------------------------
> pragma Initialize_Scalars;
> --------------------------------
> 
> /P
> 
> 
> Den 2017-02-09 kl. 05:17, skrev reinkor:
> > Just sharing experience:
> >
> > I tried gnat compiler option "-gnatwa" and revealed a lot of weakness in my Ada project. It also helped to improve the structure of the code which I have worked on and modified over time.
> >
> > Just a hint to newbies :-)
> >
> > https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gnat_ugn/Warning-Message-Control.html
> >
> > reinert
> >