Re: ALI Files Cross-References Inconsistency?

[Per Sandberg <per.s.sandberg@bahnhof.se>]

Just a comment, <TAB>s in source text is a common root of confusion 
since every editor indents <TAB>s in some way.
/P

On 8/14/20 10:11 AM, Leandro Ribeiro wrote:
> 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!
>