On 2016-10-20 09:24, Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote: > Le 19/10/2016 à 23:22, David Botton a écrit : >> > I would add that in all cases Gnoga must compile and work with the FSF >> > GNAT versions readily available for Windows, Mac, Linux and BSDs. The >> > reason I add this is that in no way should Gnoga ever be dependant on >> > GPL GNAT features not available in the true free versions.
> I agree, but I am surprised by this statement. What are the features in > GPL that are not available in FSF? > Over the years, I have tried to compile our system with different FSF GNATs. The only one that did compile ALL our code is the GNAT-AUX on Freebsd (I tried it 5-6 years ago). All other FSF have choked on some task construct or arrays of Limited_Controlled types containing access to other Limited_Controlled types. I never quite understood it well enough to create a simple reproducible test case :-( GNAT Pro works and so does GNAT GPL ( on 32/64 Linux since 2012) FSF 4.9.2 does not -- Björn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gnoga-list mailing list Gnoga-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnoga-list
