Re: get_immediate echoe character--compiled error?

[richardthiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com>]

On 10/2/23 01:48, Keith Thompson wrote:
> richardthiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com> writes:
>> When I build and run the following program using Gnat 11 in Linux Mint
>> 21.2, the keys I press are echoed on the console. According to the Ada
>> Reference Manual, they should not be echoed. Is this a compiler error?
> 
> Where does the ARM say that?
https://www.adaic.org/resources/add_content/standards/05rm/html/RM-A-10-7.html

> 
>> with ada.text_io; use ada.text_io;
>> procedure test3 is
>>    c: character;
>>    avail: boolean;
>> begin
>>    loop
>>      loop
>>        Get_Immediate(c, Avail);
>>        if Avail then
>>          exit;
>>        end if;
>>        delay 0.01;
>>      end loop;
>>    end loop;
>> end test3;	
>>
>> This does not happen if I call get_immediate without the avail
>> parameter, i.e. get_immediate(c);
>>
>