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,e3ec0628d7b95a20 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-31 06:13:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: tagged types Date: 31 May 2002 09:13:18 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <3CF6458B.8030307@wanadoo.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1022851245 17565 128.183.220.71 (31 May 2002 13:20:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 May 2002 13:20:45 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25073 Date: 2002-05-31T13:20:45+00:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake 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? -- -- Stephe