From: Pierre-Marie de Rodat <derodat@adacore.com>
To: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Cc: Javier Miranda <miranda@adacore.com>
Subject: [Ada] Update documentation of GNAT.Dynamic_Tables
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2022 09:08:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220602090856.GA1010671@adacore.com> (raw)
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Document that dynamic tables are defined aliased for backward
compatibility.
Tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, committed on trunk
gcc/ada/
* libgnat/g-dyntab.ads (Table_Type): Update documentation.
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diff --git a/gcc/ada/libgnat/g-dyntab.ads b/gcc/ada/libgnat/g-dyntab.ads
--- a/gcc/ada/libgnat/g-dyntab.ads
+++ b/gcc/ada/libgnat/g-dyntab.ads
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ package GNAT.Dynamic_Tables is
-- freely (expensive reallocation occurs only at major granularity
-- chunks controlled by the allocation parameters).
- -- Note: we do not make the table components aliased, since this would
- -- restrict the use of table for discriminated types. If it is necessary
- -- to take the access of a table element, use Unrestricted_Access.
-
-- WARNING: On HPPA, the virtual addressing approach used in this unit is
-- incompatible with the indexing instructions on the HPPA. So when using
-- this unit, compile your application with -mdisable-indexing.
@@ -120,9 +116,10 @@ package GNAT.Dynamic_Tables is
-- freely (expensive reallocation occurs only at major granularity
-- chunks controlled by the allocation parameters).
- -- Note: we do not make the table components aliased, since this would
- -- restrict the use of table for discriminated types. If it is necessary
- -- to take the access of a table element, use Unrestricted_Access.
+ -- Note: For backward compatibility we do not make the table components
+ -- aliased, since for Ada 95 this would have restricted the use of tables
+ -- for discriminated types. If it is necessary to take the access of a
+ -- table element, use Unrestricted_Access.
type Table_Type is
array (Valid_Table_Index_Type range <>) of Table_Component_Type;
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