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Subject: Re: ALI Files Cross-References Inconsistency?
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Am Donnerstag, 13. August 2020 19:17:55 UTC+2 schrieb Egil H H:
> On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 5:24:47 PM UTC+2, Leandro Ribeiro wrote:
> > 
> > I would expect every reference to point to the beginning of the symbol, as it is the case with "3K9*excep2".
> > However, all other references to the symbols from excep2.ads are exactly 4 columns ahead of the "expected point".
> > And all the references to the symbols from excep2.adb are exactly 12 columns ahead of the "expected point".
> > 
> > 
> > Question:
> > Is this a bug?
> > Or did a miss any rule about adding offsets to the references?
> > 
> 
> Did you by any chance use the TAB character as delimiter? There's a fair chance it would count as 8 when calculating the position

Bingo!

My text editor counts tabs as 4 columns.
The offsets were 4*NumberOfTabs.

I replaced the tabs with spaces, and the ALI file is perfect now.

Thanks a lot!