Added error message (for too-large array)
Jason Merrill
jason_merrill@redhat.com
Tue Sep 25 06:39:00 GMT 2001
>>>>> "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
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