From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,25aa3c7e1b59f7b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-04 09:12:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A case where Ada defaults to unsafe? Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:12:31 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3C34BF2C.6030500@mail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1010164351 28052 129.241.83.82 (4 Jan 2002 17:12:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:12:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18544 Date: 2002-01-04T17:12:31+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 03 Jan 2002 22:07:52 GMT, Ted Dennison wrote: > The reason things were done this way was so that the optimizer could rearrange > and short-circuit the expression itself (or not) depending on what is more > efficient on its architecture. See the Ada 83 Rationale 3.10 if you really want > a discussion ( online at Does this mean that one cannot know whether both sides will be evaluated or not? How can the optimiser know whether to use short-circuit or not. i mean what does it look for? Preben -- () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. '||} {||' http://www.amnesty.org/