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On 03/09/16 11:20, G.B. wrote:

> So that's one data point I had actually been hoping to see:
> How useful is elaboration, a requirement that Ada does address?

It's been useful to me, in the sense that I'm sure my programs 
initialize correctly in the Ada-only sense.

And usually, when a circularity is detected and pointed out by the 
compiler I realize that I'm being too careless in my design and should 
take a step back.

OTOH I've always despised #ifdef guards. What I find puzzling is that 
the #once directive was discouraged the last time I looked at it. I also 
felt very bothered when it was the linker instead of the compiler 
telling me something was either missing or duplicate in my 
single-language program.

Alex.