Extent
Author: JTC1/SC22/WG9/ARG, by Randall Brukardt, ARG Editor

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# 1.1.1 Extent

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This International Standard 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 may 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 within the standard, and the manner in which they are to be documented;

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- Those violations of the standard 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 standard that a conforming implementation is not required to detect.

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This International Standard 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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