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From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: -gnat83 Enforce Ada 83 restrictions
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On 01/24/2016 05:13 PM, patrick@spellingbeewinnars.org wrote:
> 
> Quick question, does using:
> -gnat83   
> 
> Enforce Ada 83 restrictions and remove non-Ada83 code from the runtime?

It will attempt to reject code that is not valid Ada 83. I haven't used it for a
couple of decades, but at that time it wasn't perfect. I doubt if it has any
effect on the runtime.

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