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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Avoiding warnings
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:05:28 +0000
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Stephen Leake <stephe_on_the_web@toadmail.com> writes:

> "ada_wannabe" <luis.sainz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello everybody. Suppose we have the next code that converts data types
>> between different architectures:
>>
>> procedure p1(..)
>> begin
>> ...
>> if Standard'Default_Bit_Order=1 then
>> ...
>> else
>> ...
>> end p1;
>>
>> When I compile the source, the GNAT compiler gives me the next warning:
>>
>> warning: condition is always True
>>
>> How can I avoid this warning?
>
> Others have shown you how to avoid the warning, but they have not
> pointed out that the warning is still correct; the 'else' clause of
> this 'if' statement will _never_ be executed.

Unless of course OP had been running on a Power Mac or a SPARC or
... where "condition is always False"!