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From: "ExtraLeveLInSoftware at ntlworld dot com" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org>
To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: [Bug ada/58128] Problem using NAME (STANDARD_INPUT) in gcc-4.7.2
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:13:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-58128-4-Fe2gkHWpLG@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-58128-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58128

--- Comment #4 from Ellis N. Thomas <ExtraLeveLInSoftware at ntlworld dot com> ---
The decision to close this without any action seems unjustified.  The problem
is being rejected on the basis that the handling of the exception is faulty in
the older Darwin.  However, the fundamental problem is that this exception
should not have been raised by OPEN (as in the cited sections of the Ada RM). 
Some fix to the relevant IO software is needed.
The reply also states that what worked for I/O on VMS decades ago is
essentially irrelevant - but regardless of whether OPEN is going to support
another file being  opened to Standard Input, if it doesn't it must say so by
raising Name_Error or Use_Error as appropriate.
In fact from the software developer's point of view it is clearly an advantage
to be able to support interactive tools (like interpreters) written in Ada, and
the ability to manipulate Standard Input is part of this.  However, this
facility itself is not the issue here.

ENT/15-Aug-2013


      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-15 19:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-11 19:33 [Bug ada/58128] New: " ExtraLeveLInSoftware at ntlworld dot com
2013-08-14 11:59 ` [Bug ada/58128] " ExtraLeveLInSoftware at ntlworld dot com
2013-08-14 12:00 ` ExtraLeveLInSoftware at ntlworld dot com
2013-08-14 13:02 ` ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org
2013-08-15 19:13 ` ExtraLeveLInSoftware at ntlworld dot com [this message]

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