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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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erlo <erlo@valid.not> writes:

> 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.

AFAICR the R1000 wouldn't do (the equivalent of) object code generation
- "promoting to the code state"? - with placeholders present. But it's a
while back!