Re: Adding Blank Line In Source Causes Change In Executable

On Mar 6, 5:25 pm, Robert A Duff <bobd...@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:
>
      SNIP
>
> My guess is that there's an implicit 'raise' of an exception, perhaps
> for some constraint check on the assignment, and this contains the
> line number, so it can print a message if the check fails, something
> like:
>
> Constraint_Error raised some_file.adb line 1234.
>
> or something like that.
>
> If you change the line number, that message will need to change.
>
> If you look at the generated assembly code, you'll probably
> see a call something like:
>
> Rcheck_12(File => ..., Line => 1234);
>
> The -gnatD output might also show you what's going on.
>
> - Bob




Hi Bob,


It absolutely is the line number. (Thanks for the tip.) I hope to get
to the assembly code before too long. I sure wish I could keep the
check, but lose the line number!


Thanks,
John

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