M.2 Implementation-Defined Characteristics

Whether or not each recommendation given in Implementation Advice is followed — see M.3, “Implementation Advice” for a listing. See 1.1.2(37).

Capacity limitations of the implementation. See 1.1.3(3).

Variations from the standard that are impractical to avoid given the implementation's execution environment. See 1.1.3(6).

Which code_statements cause external interactions. See 1.1.3(10).

The coded representation for the text of an Ada program. See 2.1(4/3).

The representation for an end of line. See 2.2(2/2).

Maximum supported line length and lexical element length. See 2.2(14).

Implementation-defined pragmas. See 2.8(14).

Effect of pragma Optimize. See 2.8(27).

The sequence of characters of the value returned by S'Image when some of the graphic characters of S'Wide_Wide_Image Wide_Image are not defined in Character. See 3.5(37/3).

The predefined integer types declared in Standard. See 3.5.4(25).

Any nonstandard integer types and the operators defined for them. See 3.5.4(26).

Any nonstandard real types and the operators defined for them. See 3.5.6(8).

What combinations of requested decimal precision and range are supported for floating point types. See 3.5.7(7).

The predefined floating point types declared in Standard. See 3.5.7(16).

The small of an ordinary fixed point type. See 3.5.9(8/2).

What combinations of small, range, and digits are supported for fixed point types. See 3.5.9(10).

The result of Tags.Wide_Wide_Expanded_Name Tags.Expanded_Name for types declared within an unnamed block_statement. See 3.9(10).

Implementation-defined attributes. See 4.1.4(12/1).

Any implementation-defined time types. See 9.6(6/3).

The time base associated with relative delays. See 9.6(20).

The time base of the type Calendar.Time. See 9.6(23).

The time zone timezone used for package Calendar operations. See 9.6(24/2).

Any limit on delay_until_statements of select_statements. See 9.6(29).

The representation for a compilation. See 10.1(2).

Any restrictions on compilations that contain multiple compilation_units. See 10.1(4).

The mechanisms for creating an environment and for adding and replacing compilation units. See 10.1.4(3/2).

The implementation-defined means, if any, of specifying which compilation units are needed by a given compilation unit. See 10.2(2).

The manner of explicitly assigning library units to a partition. See 10.2(2).

The manner of designating the main subprogram of a partition. See 10.2(7).

The order of elaboration of library_items. See 10.2(18).

Parameter passing and function return for the main subprogram. See 10.2(21).

The mechanisms for building and running partitions. See 10.2(24).

The details of program execution, including program termination. See 10.2(25).

The semantics of any nonactive partitions supported by the implementation. See 10.2(28).

The information returned by Exception_Message. See 11.4.1(10.1/3).

The result of Exceptions.Wide_Wide_Exception_Name Exceptions.Exception_Name for exceptions types declared within an unnamed block_statement. See 11.4.1(12).

The information returned by Exception_Information. See 11.4.1(13/2).

Implementation-defined check names. See 11.5(27).

Any restrictions placed upon representation items. See 13.1(20).

The interpretation of each aspect of representation. See 13.1(20).

The meaning of Size for indefinite subtypes. See 13.3(48).

The default external representation for a type tag. See 13.3(75/3).

What determines whether a compilation unit is the same in two different partitions. See 13.3(76).

Implementation-defined components. See 13.5.1(15).

If Word_Size = Storage_Unit, the default bit ordering. See 13.5.3(5).

The contents of the visible part of package Systemand its language-defined children. See 13.7(2).

The range of Storage_Elements.Storage_Offset, the modulus of Storage_Elements.Storage_Element, and the declaration of Storage_Elements.Integer_Address.. See 13.7.1(11).

The contents of the visible part of package System.Machine_Code, and the meaning of code_statements. See 13.8(7).

The effect of unchecked conversion for instances with nonscalar result types whose effect is not defined by the language. See 13.9(11).

Whether or not the implementation provides user-accessible names for the standard pool type(s). See 13.11(17).

The meaning of Storage_Size when neither the Storage_Size nor the Storage_Pool is specified for an access type. See 13.11(18).

The set of restrictions restrictions allowed in a pragma Restrictions. See 13.12(7/2).

The consequences of violating limitations on Restrictions pragmas. See 13.12(9).

The contents of the stream elements read and written representation used by the Read and Write attributes of elementary types in terms of stream elements. See 13.13.2(9).

The names and characteristics of the numeric subtypes declared in the visible part of package Standard. See A.1(3).

The accuracy actually achieved by the elementary functions. See A.5.1(1).

The sign of a zero result from some of the operators or functions in Numerics.Generic_Elementary_Functions, when Float_Type'Signed_Zeros is True. See A.5.1(46).

The value of Numerics.Discrete_Random.Max_Image_Width. See A.5.2(27).

The value of Numerics.Float_Random.Max_Image_Width. See A.5.2(27).

The string representation of a random number generator's state. See A.5.2(38).

The values of the Model_Mantissa, Model_Emin, Model_Epsilon, Model, Safe_First, and Safe_Last attributes, if the Numerics Annex is not supported. See A.5.3(72).

The value of Buffer_Size in Storage_IO. See A.9(10).

The external files associated with the for standard input, standard output, and standard error files. See A.10(5).

The accuracy of the value produced by Put. See A.10.9(36).

The meaning of Argument_Count, Argument, and Command_Name for package Command_Line. The bounds of type Command_Line.Exit_Status. See A.15(1).

Implementation-defined convention names. See B.1(11/3).

The manner of choosing link names when neither the link name nor the address of an imported or exported entity is specified. See B.1(36).

The meaning of link names. See B.1(36).

The effect of pragma Linker_Options. See B.1(37).

The contents of the visible part of package Interfaces and its language-defined descendants. See B.2(1).

Implementation-defined children of package Interfaces. The contents of the visible part of package Interfaces. See B.2(11).

The types Floating, Long_Floating, Binary, Long_Binary, Decimal_Element, and COBOL_Character; and the initializations of the variables Ada_To_COBOL and COBOL_To_Ada, in Interfaces.COBOL. See B.4(50).

Implementation-defined intrinsic subprograms Support for access to machine instructions. See C.1(1).

Any restrictions on a protected procedure or its containing type when an aspect a pragma Attach_handler or Interrupt_Handler is specified applies. See C.3.1(17).

Any other forms of interrupt handler supported by the Attach_Handler and Interrupt_Handler aspects pragmas. See C.3.1(19).

The semantics of pragma Discard_Names. See C.5(7).

The result of the Task_Identification.Image attribute. See C.7.1(7).

The value of Current_Task when in a protected entry, or interrupt handler, or finalization of a task attribute. See C.7.1(17/3).

The declarations of Any_Priority and Priority. See D.1(11).

Implementation-defined execution resources. See D.1(15).

Whether, on a multiprocessor, a task that is waiting for access to a protected object keeps its processor busy. See D.2.1(3).

The effect affect of implementation- defined execution resources on task dispatching. See D.2.1(9/2).

Implementation defined task dispatching policies. See D.2.2(18).

Implementation-defined policy_identifiers allowed in a pragma Locking_Policy. See D.3(4).

Default ceiling priorities. See D.3(10/3).

The ceiling of any protected object used internally by the implementation. See D.3(16).

Implementation-defined queuing policies. See D.4(1/1).

Any operations that implicitly require heap storage allocation. See D.7(8).

Whether the use of Implementation-defined aspects of pragma Restrictions results in a reduction in program code or data size or execution time. See D.7(20).

The means for creating and executing distributed programs. See E(5).

Any events that can result in a partition becoming inaccessible. See E.1(7).

The scheduling policies, treatment of priorities, and management of shared resources between partitions in certain cases. See E.1(11).

Whether the execution of the remote subprogram is immediately aborted as a result of cancellation. See E.4(13).

Implementation-defined interfaces in the PCS. See E.5(26).

The values of named numbers in the package Decimal. See F.2(7).

The value of Max_Picture_Length in the package Text_IO.Editing See F.3.3(16).

The value of Max_Picture_Length in the package Wide_Text_IO.Editing See F.3.4(5).

The accuracy actually achieved by the complex elementary functions and by other complex arithmetic operations. See G.1(1).

The sign of a zero result (or a component thereof) from any operator or function in Numerics.Generic_Complex_Types, when Real'Signed_Zeros is True. See G.1.1(53).

The sign of a zero result (or a component thereof) from any operator or function in Numerics.Generic_Complex_Elementary_Functions, when Complex_Types.Real'Signed_Zeros is True. See G.1.2(45).

Whether the strict mode or the relaxed mode is the default. See G.2(2).

The result interval in certain cases of fixed-to-float conversion. See G.2.1(10).

The result of a floating point arithmetic operation in overflow situations, when the Machine_Overflows attribute of the result type is False. See G.2.1(13).

The result interval for division (or exponentiation by a negative exponent), when the floating point hardware implements division as multiplication by a reciprocal. See G.2.1(16).

The definition of close result set, which determines the accuracy of certain fixed point multiplications and divisions. See G.2.3(5).

Conditions on a universal_real operand of a fixed point multiplication or division for which the result shall be in the perfect result set. See G.2.3(22).

The result of a fixed point arithmetic operation in overflow situations, when the Machine_Overflows attribute of the result type is False. See G.2.3(27).

The result of an elementary function reference in overflow situations, when the Machine_Overflows attribute of the result type is False. See G.2.4(4).

The accuracy of certain elementary functions for parameters beyond the angle threshold. See G.2.4(10).

The value of the angle threshold, within which certain elementary functions, complex arithmetic operations, and complex elementary functions yield results conforming to a maximum relative error bound. See G.2.4(10).

The result of a complex arithmetic operation or complex elementary function reference in overflow situations, when the Machine_Overflows attribute of the corresponding real type is False. See G.2.6(5).

The accuracy of certain complex arithmetic operations and certain complex elementary functions for parameters (or components thereof) beyond the angle threshold. See G.2.6(8).