The RM 3.8(12/3) subclause says that a discriminant mentioned in a constraint
must appear alone as a direct name. The last part is not consistently checked
and, while the first part is, it generates a slightly different error message
depending on the form of the input.
This fixes the last part and changes the first to use a single message.
Tested on x86-64/Linux, applied on the mainline.
2025-11-05 Eric Botcazou <[email protected]>
PR ada/35793
* sem_res.adb (Check_Discriminant_Use): In a constraint context,
check that the discriminant appears alone as a direct name in all
cases and give a consistent error message when it does not.
2025-11-05 Eric Botcazou <[email protected]>
* gnat.dg/specs/discr8.ads: New test.
--
Eric Botcazoudiff --git a/gcc/ada/sem_res.adb b/gcc/ada/sem_res.adb
index bf9d5e1c7a7..301894b6bbd 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/sem_res.adb
+++ b/gcc/ada/sem_res.adb
@@ -658,6 +658,24 @@ package body Sem_Res is
P : Node_Id;
D : Node_Id;
+ procedure Check_Legality_In_Constraint (Alone : Boolean);
+ -- RM 3.8(12/3): Check that the discriminant mentioned in a constraint
+ -- appears alone as a direct name.
+
+ ----------------------------------
+ -- Check_Legality_In_Constraint --
+ ----------------------------------
+
+ procedure Check_Legality_In_Constraint (Alone : Boolean) is
+ begin
+ if not Alone then
+ Error_Msg_N ("discriminant in constraint must appear alone", N);
+
+ elsif Nkind (N) = N_Expanded_Name and then Comes_From_Source (N) then
+ Error_Msg_N ("discriminant must appear alone as a direct name", N);
+ end if;
+ end Check_Legality_In_Constraint;
+
begin
-- Any use in a spec-expression is legal
@@ -694,19 +712,11 @@ package body Sem_Res is
-- processing for records). See Sem_Ch3.Build_Derived_Record_Type
-- for more info.
- if Ekind (Current_Scope) = E_Record_Type
- and then Scope (Disc) = Current_Scope
- and then not
- (Nkind (Parent (P)) = N_Subtype_Indication
- and then
- Nkind (Parent (Parent (P))) in N_Component_Definition
- | N_Subtype_Declaration
- and then Paren_Count (N) = 0)
- then
- Error_Msg_N
- ("discriminant must appear alone in component constraint", N);
- return;
- end if;
+ Check_Legality_In_Constraint
+ (Nkind (Parent (P)) = N_Subtype_Indication
+ and then Nkind (Parent (Parent (P))) in N_Component_Definition
+ | N_Subtype_Declaration
+ and then Paren_Count (N) = 0);
-- Detect a common error:
@@ -817,18 +827,7 @@ package body Sem_Res is
elsif Nkind (PN) in N_Index_Or_Discriminant_Constraint
| N_Discriminant_Association
then
- if Paren_Count (N) > 0 then
- Error_Msg_N
- ("discriminant in constraint must appear alone", N);
-
- elsif Nkind (N) = N_Expanded_Name
- and then Comes_From_Source (N)
- then
- Error_Msg_N
- ("discriminant must appear alone as a direct name", N);
- end if;
-
- return;
+ Check_Legality_In_Constraint (Paren_Count (N) = 0);
-- Otherwise, context is an expression. It should not be within (i.e. a
-- subexpression of) a constraint for a component.
@@ -863,8 +862,7 @@ package body Sem_Res is
or else Nkind (P) = N_Entry_Declaration
or else Nkind (D) = N_Defining_Identifier
then
- Error_Msg_N
- ("discriminant in constraint must appear alone", N);
+ Check_Legality_In_Constraint (False);
end if;
end if;
end Check_Discriminant_Use;
-- { dg-do compile }
package Discr8 is
type T1 (N : Natural) is null record;
type T2 (N : Natural) is record
C1 : string (1 .. T2.n); -- { dg-error "alone as a direct name" }
C2 : string (1 .. n);
C3 : T1 (T2.n); -- { dg-error "alone as a direct name" }
C4 : T1 (n);
end record;
end Discr8;