From: Simon Wright on
"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox(a)dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> Test_Dur : constant := 10_000; -- 100_000 overflows on a 32-bit machine

I had expected that an x86_64 compiler would have 64-bit Integers; not
so! they're still 32-bits. System.Addresses are 64-bit, though.
From: Simon Wright on
Alex Mentis <asmentis(a)gmail.com> writes:

> Confirmed: the bug is still present in GNAT GPL 2009.

Not on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard), it isn't.
From: Georg Bauhaus on
On 3/6/10 12:35 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
> Alex Mentis<asmentis(a)gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Confirmed: the bug is still present in GNAT GPL 2009.
>
> Not on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard), it isn't.

Seeing the different behavior, what should be the best update
for
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Tips#Quirks


From: Simon Wright on
Georg Bauhaus <rm-host.bauhaus(a)maps.futureapps.de> writes:

> On 3/6/10 12:35 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
>> Alex Mentis<asmentis(a)gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Confirmed: the bug is still present in GNAT GPL 2009.
>>
>> Not on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard), it isn't.
>
> Seeing the different behavior, what should be the best update
> for
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Tips#Quirks

That looks _quite_ explicit ("Using GNAT on Windows, ..."). It would be
nice to have a reference to the (Bugzilla?) report!
From: Alex Mentis on
On Mar 5, 6:35 pm, Simon Wright <si...(a)pushface.org> wrote:
> Alex Mentis <asmen...(a)gmail.com> writes:
> > Confirmed: the bug is still present in GNAT GPL 2009.
>
> Not on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard), it isn't.

Good point. I'm running GNAT GPL 2009 on Windows Vista.