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Subject: Re: ALI Files Cross-References Inconsistency?
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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