Re: Quick question about Ada code formatting.

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:

> Yes AdaControl from J.P. Rosen and gnatcheck from AdaCore. But -gnaty
> (when using GNAT) is the enforcement at the compilation level before
> anything is checked-in. I always use it with -gnatw (warnings) and most
> importantly with -gnatwe (warnings are error) so GNAT will refuse to
> compile code. A nice way to force people to use the right style ;) Of
> course I have seen some developers editing the project file to remove
> options like -gnaty, -gnatwe :( ... that's why I'm going to enforce the
> rules at the repository level where I have full control.

Of course you will always find the bozo who discovers

   pragma Style_Checks (Off);

and puts it at the start of his source file. I was spitting tacks when
I discovered that ..