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: 103376,3ef07b2a9707133a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-13 15:28:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: exit from a procedure References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.201.216 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com 1026599259 ST000 67.112.201.216 (Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:27:39 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:27:39 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJSCTS@[SPTX\JKXOFXBWR\HPCTL@XT^OBPLAH[\RSAANVUEAE[YETZPIWWI[FCIZA^NBFXZ_D[BFNTCNVPDTNTKHWXKB@X^B_OCJLPZ@ET_O[G\XSG@E\G[ZKVLBL^CJINM@I_KVIOR\T_M_AW_M[_BWU_HFA_]@A_A^SGFAUDE_DFTMQPFWVW[QPJN Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 22:27:39 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27072 Date: 2002-07-13T22:27:39+00:00 List-Id: >And is it possible to stop the whole program? It's "halt" in >Pascal, but it doesn't work in Ada, so maybe there is another name for it. One way is to raise, but never handle, an exception. OTOH if you don't want to exit the program cleanly, but just drop everything in whatever state it might be, try an OS call. Your questions strongly suggest you have no book or tutorial or sample programs to look at. Go to www.adapower.com and explore.