Re: GNAT 4.2.3 Ubuntu reports weird compile error wrt Unchecked_Access

[Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@mac.com>]

Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net> writes:

> On Aug 16, 3:26�am, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
>> Without more context I cannot tell for sure but I believe this is a
>> compiler error in the sense that gnat-4.2 does not implement all the
>> new (and more permissive) rules in Ada 2005 regarding anonymous access
>> types. gnat-3.2 implements these rules.
>>
>> BTW, I've mentioned already that Ubuntu 8.04 has broken support for
>> Ada. Better stick to Debian.
>>
>> --
>> Ludovic Brenta.
>
> I can quickly get in over my head here and I'm not very familiar with
> anonymous access types, but isn't 'Unchecked_Access a part of Ada 95
> if not 83?

Not 83, I think.

The thing is, 'Unchecked_Access may well be allowed in more places in
'05 than it was in '95; and compilers don't always get this sort of
thing right first time.

GNAT has 'Unrestricted_Access for places where the rules (or the
compiler) don't allow 'Unhchecked_Access.