Re: Newbe compile problems

[Richard Curnow <richard@curnow.demon.co.uk>]

James Amendolagine <uq274@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> writes:

> 
>  with Float_Text_IO;
>  use Float_Text_IO;
>  procedure Think is
>    A, B : Float := 0.0; -- A and B initially zero; note the period.
>    I, J : Integer := 1;
>  begin
>    A := B + 7.;       <<<<<<<<<<<< NEEDS TO BE 7.0 not 7.
>    I := J * 3;
>    B := Float(I) + A;
>    Put(B);
>  end Think;
> 
> And the error message:
> 
> cd /home/jamie/learnAda/think/
> gnatmake think.adb 
> gcc -c think.adb
> think.adb:7:14: real literal cannot end with point

When I made the change to the line after 'begin', it worked fine (except
I had to comment out the with, use and Put lines because I didn't have
that package visible).  This was with gnat 3.04 on Linux.

-- 
Richard P. Curnow
Stevenage, England