Re: Compiler does not compile valid code?

[Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk>]

Mart van de Wege wrote:

> However, even the most simple use case, compiling (using gnatmake
> test_tree.adb, no switches) and running the following code on Sid,
> raises a Program_Error:
>
> raised PROGRAM_ERROR : Tree_Test.Test_Tree.Replace_Element: Position cursor designates root

I think this is a problem specific to your installation.

I copied the source from your example, and it seems to work fine in my 
Sid chroot:

% cat test_tree.adb
with Ada.Text_Io;
with Ada.Containers.Multiway_Trees;
procedure Test_Tree is
   type String_Access is access String;
   package Tr is new Ada.Containers.Multiway_Trees
     ( Element_Type => String_Access );
   use Tr;
   T : Tree := Empty_Tree;
   C : Cursor := Root(T);
begin
   T.Insert_Child(Parent => C,
                  Before => No_Element,
                  New_Item => new String'("Test"));
end Test_Tree;
% gnatmake -gnata -gnato -fstack-check -gnat12 -gnatyO -gnatv -gnati1 
-gnatf -gnatn -m test_tree.adb
gcc-6 -c -gnata -gnato -fstack-check -gnat12 -gnatyO -gnatv -gnati1 
-gnatf -gnatn test_tree.adb

GNAT 6.3.0 20170406
Copyright 1992-2016, Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Compiling: test_tree.adb
Source file time stamp: 2017-04-13 08:43:09
Compiled at: 2017-04-13 10:47:11
 14 lines: No errors
gnatbind-6 -x test_tree.ali
gnatlink-6 test_tree.ali -fstack-check
% ./test_tree
% echo $?
0
% dpkg -S $(which gnatmake)
gnat-6: /usr/bin/gnatmake
%

Greetings,

Jacob
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