Re: Why do so many companies use Apex?

[Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr>]

"Corey Ashford" <x@y.com> writes:

> From my reading, the "-m" option only handles changes where
> white space or comments have changed.

Right.

> 
> Apex's support for "fast path" recompilation is far more
> extensive.  For example, let's say you change the definition
> of a record in a spec.  In Apex, only those units which
> use the record definition will be recompiled, whereas in most
> other compilers (and I assume including GNAT), the compilation
> system will cause all units that "with" the spec of that package
> containing the record definition to be recompiled because
> more than just comments or white space has changed.

Indeed this case is not covered by GNAT. Thanks for the info.

Pascal.

-- 

--|------------------------------------------------------
--| Pascal Obry                           Team-Ada Member
--| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE
--|------------------------------------------------------
--|         http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry
--|
--| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination"