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From: "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Operation can be dispatching in only one type
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In article <hf7i10$enn$1@munin.nbi.dk>,
 "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:

> "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:nospam-9C9974.07353802122009@news.aioe.org...
> ...
> > I'm not especially advocating applying the Java rules to Ada, but I 
> > like the warning.
> 
> Warnings have no semantic impact in Ada. There are a few places in 
> the standard that suggest that warnings be generated, but there is no 
> ideas whatsoever what that might mean. It is purely a quality-of- 
> implementation issue -- and that is between you and your Ada vendor.

Few indeed: ARM 1.1.1, 1.1.5, 13.5.2, 2.8, M.3! This is a virtue in Ada. 
When reviewing code, my own or others', I'll often use -gnatwa or -Xlint 
or -Wall or similar. Even if the warning does not represent a genuine 
oversight, it may suggest the need for a clarifying comment.

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>