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From: erlo <erlo@valid.not>
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Subject: Re: ANN: Kickstarter for beginning work on a new open-source Compiler
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On 03/21/2014 09:17 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
> Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> writes:
> 
>> Emacs Ada mode skeletons don't compile in GNAT, but the indentation
>> parser accepts them. For example, 'case foo C-e' expands to:
>>
>>    case Foo is
>>    when =>
>>    end case;
> 
> The Rational Environment used to include recognisable and storable
> markers in such cases: for example {statement}. As far as I remember
> they were displayed in inverse video to make them stand out!
> 
The problem was (at least for the OS/9 cross) that the programs would
compile and link, resulting in an exception (Illegal program, I think)
when you tried to execute the code.

Erlo