Re: static objects in ADA

[Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>]

Mark Elson <mark@tioman.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Is there an equivalent declaration (in ADA 95) to the static used in
> C++, i.e. so that objects are created at link time rather than at run
> time?

Declare the objects in a static scope (ie package spec or body), without
giving them a default value, and declare the package using pragma
Preelaborate.

package P is
  pragma Preelaborate;
  X : Integer;
end P;