Re: Child vs nested package : efficiency matter

[BrianG <briang000@gmail.com>]

Yannick Duchï¿œne (Hibou57) wrote:
> Hillo,
> 
> 
> For some reasons, I've turned some nested package -- packages nested in 
> the body of package -- into a set of child packages instead.
> 
> I've noticed the application's execution time is now an average of 125% 
> of that of the old implementation.
> 
> The implementation did not changed otherwise and is still the same.
> 
> What can make invokation of subprograms slower when the subprograms are 
> in a child package rather than in a nested package ?
> 
> Note: this is with optimization enabled -- with -O -- and both old and 
> new implementation was compiled with the same options.
> 
> I can't explain that and can't imagine a reason why. That's a mystery to 
> me.
Presuming you're using GNAT (a guess based on your previous posts), 
could using -gnatN (as opposed to -gnatn) help?

--Bg