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From: "David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
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Subject: Re: circular unit dependency
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"Jeffrey Creem" <jeff@thecreems.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mirko Aigner" <Mirko.Aigner@alcatel.de> wrote in message
> news:3ECDE7D1.9010507@alcatel.de...
> > Hi Again !!
> >
> > Any way to prevent this compiler error (circular unit dependency)
> > without deleting one of the "with" statements ?!
> >
>
> The answer is almost certainly no. It is hard to be sure without seeing
the
> exact source code
> but if you have two "specs" withing each other, you have a problem.
>
> > Is there any way to make sure that on spec is only once "included" ?!
>
> No. Withing is not the same as #include.
But even the #included files have to have ifdefs to insure that the file is
#included only once.
>
>
> You probably needs to break this dependancy by creating a 3rd package
spec.
> Problems like this are usually (not always) an indication of a poor
design.
> You really are better off trying to get rid of it by re-thinking the
> approach rather than coming up with a workaround.
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