Ada Reference Manual (Ada 2022) — Legal Information

# 1.1.1 Extent

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This Reference Manual specifies:
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The form of a program written in Ada;
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The effect of translating and executing such a program;
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The manner in which program units can be combined to form Ada programs;
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The language-defined library units that a conforming implementation is required to supply;
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The permissible variations in conformance to the rules of this document, and the manner in which they are to be documented;
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Those violations of the requirements of this document that a conforming implementation is required to detect, and the effect of attempting to translate or execute a program containing such violations;
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Those violations of the requirements of this document that a conforming implementation is not required to detect.
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This Reference Manual does not specify:
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The means whereby a program written in Ada is transformed into object code executable by a processor;
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The means whereby translation or execution of programs is invoked and the executing units are controlled;
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The size or speed of the object code, or the relative execution speed of different language constructs;
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The form or contents of any listings produced by implementations; in particular, the form or contents of error or warning messages;
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The effect of unspecified execution;
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The size of a program or program unit that will exceed the capacity of a particular conforming implementation.

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