From: Jason Merrill <jason_merrill@redhat.com>
To: dewar@gnat.com
Cc: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, law@cygnus.com,
jason_merrill@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Added error message (for too-large array)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 06:39:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3n13jjsp0.fsf@prospero.cambridge.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010925132955.C8B22F2B8A@nile.gnat.com>
>>>>> "dewar" == dewar <dewar@gnat.com> writes:
> Actually the idea behavior in Ada would be to generate a Storage_Error
> exception at run time if a variable of the type is declared, and to warn
> at compile time that this storage error would be generated. After all
> the declaration may appear in a conditional piece of code that is never
> executed.
Interesting; what is the rationale for waiting until runtime to complain
about things which can reasonably and consistently be diagnosed at compile
time?
OK, I'll put the error in the C++ frontend then...
Jason
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-25 6:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-25 6:30 dewar
2001-09-25 6:39 ` Jason Merrill [this message]
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2001-09-25 7:05 dewar
2001-09-25 7:05 Richard Kenner
2001-09-25 5:41 Richard Kenner
2001-09-25 6:23 ` Jason Merrill
2001-09-11 3:57 Added error message Richard Kenner
2001-09-25 4:52 ` Added error message (for too-large array) Jason Merrill
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