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,d6f7b92fd11ab291 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-17 13:20:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail From: Robert A Duff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Crosspost: Help wanted from comp.compilers Date: 17 Jul 2003 16:20:21 -0400 Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Message-ID: References: <20030717141153.0746785b.falis@verizon.net> <20030717153702.7c2c5be4.falis@verizon.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: pcls4.std.com 1058473221 28717 199.172.62.241 (17 Jul 2003 20:20:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:20:21 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40433 Date: 2003-07-17T16:20:21-04:00 List-Id: Ed Falis writes: > On 17 Jul 2003 15:24:40 -0400 > Robert A Duff wrote: > > > I don't claim this particular behavior is a bug, but surely something > > can be a bug even if not mentioned in the Ada standard, and mentioned > > in the compiler's manual! For example, if an Ada compiler deleted the > > source files from the disk after compiling them, that would be a bug. > > The Ada standard doesn't forbid it, and it's still a bug even if the > > compiler's manual documents it. > > No, then it's a "feature" and caveat emptor! ;-) > Taking a statement that would make sense in most contexts and driving it > to a logical and absurd conclusion doesn't invalidate its sensibility in > most contexts. All it does is point to that fact that other evaluative > criteria than classification as a bug are at play. OK, sorry, I was being overly argumentative. But we all do in fact argue whether something-or-other is a "feature" or a "bug". And it's based on whether we think something-or-other is good behavior, not on whether some document says so. - Bob