Re: ALI Files Cross-References Inconsistency?

[Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:24:45 -0700 (PDT), Leandro Ribeiro
<leandrobribeiro@gmail.com> declaimed the following:


>
>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".
>
	Is your source file using <TAB> or a series of <SPACE> characters for
indentation.

	Much software "counts" a <TAB> as moving to the next multiple of 8
(which was the hardware spacing on things like VT-100 terminals), even
though many editors may be configured to treat it as a multiple of 4 (or
some other value).

>
>======== excep2.ads
>pragma SPARK_Mode;
>
>package |excep2 
>is
>(line 5)-- procedure finds first occurence of char C before char Delim
>        procedure exce|p
THIS line uses a series of <space> to indent 
>	(S : |String; 
THIS line has a single <tab> to indent


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