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From: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>
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Subject: Re: Contract checking in Ada
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Date: 2005-04-12T08:51:55+02:00

Hi Tapio,

> Ada has very powerful run-time checking system which allows for safe
> programming and efficient execution, depending on the user's needs. As
> I look at the ARM and GNAT Runtime Library sources, I have noticed
> that this does not unfortunately apply to Ada's standard library. Many
> subprograms check that its parameters are valid. I'm not saying that
> parameter validity checking is bad, becuase it is very useful, but the
> user should be able to disable it, when (s)he is certain, that the
> conditions will not fail. I'm quite surprised that Ada2005 does not
> replace library functions' parameter checks with pragma Assert, in
> which
> case user could disable checking. In GNAT library, for example, many
> checks
> are done twice (or even more times), because the library has its own
> checks
> and the language has its own.

the GNAT run-time library is built without run-time checks (-gnatp).

Ciao,

D.