Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable

From	Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable
Date	2012-03-26 13:36 -0400
Organization	The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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HOKIENERD <hokienerd@gmail.com> writes:

> We were hoping to add comments throughout the code, and 'prove' that
> they had no effect by producing an identical executable, but it looks
> like we won't be able to do that.
>
> The line number is useful in our debug environment, but in our final
> system there is nowhere for the information to be output, so it won't
> do us any good in that configuration.
>
> I sure can't find a way to turn it off on my system!

If you buy the GNAT Pro product from AdaCore, they would probably be
willing to add such a feature.

Alternatively, you could modify the compiler and run-time system
yourself to remove these line numbers.

- Bob

P.S. Note that I work for AdaCore.

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Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable "Morris, John M CIV NSWCDD, Q34" <john.m.morris@navy.mil> - 2012-03-06 08:32 -0500
  Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-06 19:51 +0000
  Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> - 2012-03-06 16:25 -0500
    Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable HOKIENERD <hokienerd@gmail.com> - 2012-03-12 07:36 -0700
      Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> - 2012-03-13 09:34 -0400
        Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-14 05:26 +0000
        Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable HOKIENERD <hokienerd@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 07:33 -0700
          Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> - 2012-03-26 13:36 -0400

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