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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: Flags in Ada?
Date: 3 Nov 1994 18:08:44 -0500
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We have lots of implementation dependent attributes and pragmas, and yes
it is true that they compromise protability. We are planning to have
them controlled by the -pedantic GCC switch which would make them
unavailable, thus answering Mats (quite legitimate) concern.