Re: Exceptions in GNAT

[Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>]

On Sun, 02 Jun 2002 13:04:33 +0200, David Rasmussen wrote:
> David Rasmussen wrote:
>> I am learning Ada, and in one exercise I am told to find out how large 
>> and integer I can use on my system, before it overflows. The exercise 
>> just tells me to add two larger and larger numbers and see when an 
>> exception occurs. I have just compiled my program with gnatmake with no 
>> options, and I am using gcc 3.1 . When the numbers get large enough, the 
>> result is just a negative number because of wrap-around. Shouldn't I get 
>> an exception, unless I turn it off? How do I compile for with most 
>> checks for debug builds, and how do I compile with everything turned off 
>> for performance intensive release builds?

use the -gnato

Preben