Re: tagged types

[Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:

> 3) Someone here (like me) is more likely to help.

I'd like to explain this point a little. What I do when I see some
code, an error message, and a request for an explanation, is to copy
the code to a working directory, and tell GNAT to compile it. If I get
the same error message, I start messing with the code to see if I can
fix the error. Then I post the resulting code, with an explanation.

If I don't get the same error message on the first try, I look at the
code to see how much work it will be to get to that point. On a good
day, I'm willing to spend about ten minutes on this, especially if it
looks like I might learn something about Ada in the process (yes, I'm
still learning Ada; that's why I read this newsgroup :). On a bad day,
I give up immediately.

Robert's recent posts about how to best help students have tilted me
more towards giving up quickly :). I figure students should learn to
post clear programs first.

At one point, there was a FAQ or policy statement for students that
got posted periodically here; any idea what happened to that?

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-- Stephe