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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: body stub not allowed in inner scope
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 10:38:52 +0200
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On 18-03-01 01:23 , Randy Brukardt wrote:
> "Mehdi Saada" <00120260a@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:15c49c4e-726a-4fd7-bf35-c7d27ff9a491@googlegroups.com...
>> Thanks.
>> But that's ugly... How about fixing this for the next norm ?
>
> Does anyone other than ACATS tests actually use stubs these days? Why?

I occasionally use a stub when a subprogram has to be implemented 
differently for different compilation targets (say, embedded-SPARC vs 
PC-x86).

Generally I prefer to have different bodies of entire packages for 
different targets, but occasionally the difference is so small and local 
(or is a late addition) that separating just a subprogram is convenient.

Stubs are also used by unit-testing tools, which often add a stub 
procedure to a package under test, in order to access the declarations 
in the package body.

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Niklas Holsti
Tidorum Ltd
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