Reenabling Ada by default

Robert Dewar dewar@gnat.com
Thu Sep 9 21:04:00 GMT 2004


Florian Weimer wrote:

> * Robert Dewar:
> 
> 
>>For example, any of the patches for implementing Ada 2005 features
>>assumes complete familiarity with the (often very complex)
>>corresponding AI, and the AI itself generally assumes complete
>>familiarity with the RM.
> 
> 
> By the way, have you already decided on the implementation model for
> interfaces?  Do you plan to mirror the C++ ABI (which requires one
> word in every object for each interface it implements), a "fat
> pointers" model (where access-to-interface types include a pointer to
> an interface descriptor and the object), or a hybrid (something based
> on hashing, for example)?

It's under discussion now .... actually that is probably a discussion
that can be shared. I will investigate.



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