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diff --git a/gcc/ada/g-except.ads b/gcc/ada/g-except.ads index 79118d92efa..b85da64f66a 100644 --- a/gcc/ada/g-except.ads +++ b/gcc/ada/g-except.ads @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ -- -- -- S p e c -- -- -- --- Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Ada Core Technologies, Inc. -- +-- Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Ada Core Technologies, Inc. -- -- -- -- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under -- -- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- -- @@ -27,13 +27,20 @@ -- covered by the GNU Public License. -- -- -- -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. -- --- It is now maintained by Ada Core Technologies Inc (http://www.gnat.com). -- +-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. -- -- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- This package provides an interface for raising predefined exceptions --- with an exception message. It can be used from Pure units. This unit --- is for internal use only, it is not generally available to applications. +-- with an exception message. It can be used from Pure units. + +-- There is no prohibition in Ada that prevents exceptions being raised +-- from within pure units. The raise statement is perfectly acceptable. + +-- However, it is not normally possible to raise an exception with a +-- message because the routine Ada.Exceptions.Raise_Exception is not in +-- a Pure unit. This is an annoying and unnecessary restrictiona and this +-- package allows for raising the standard predefined exceptions at least. package GNAT.Exceptions is pragma Pure (Exceptions); |