Re: Compiler Bug

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"REH" <spamjunk@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:97d0825d-ee08-45ef-b736-ca005caf1a81@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> No, I can't, sorry.  But the gist of it is:
>
> function F1 return T1;
> pragma Inline(F1);
>
> function F1 return T1 is
>   R : T1;
> begin
>   -- do stuff
>   return R;
> end F1;
>
> function F2 return T2 is
>   V : T1 := F1;
>   R : T2;
> begin
>   -- do stuff
>   return R;
> end F2;
>
> The compiler and debugger treat the R in F2 as if it is of type T1,
> not T2.  Exceeding the bounds of T1 cause F2 to raise a
> constraint_error.  The problem goes away if the pragma inline is
> removed.

The way you describe it, it sounds like a compiler bug. But without seeing
the actual code, it is impossible to tell for sure. (It's not unusual for a
compiler-bug-reporter to see one problem when something totally different is
going on -- it even happens to me from time-to-time.) Ada's visibility rules
are complex enough that you could be getting some other kind of conflict
without realizing it.

                                       Randy.