separate (Determine_Metrics)
function Halstead_Output_Needed return Boolean is
    --==============================================================
    -- This Function returns true if Halstead's metric should be   =
    -- output and false otherwise.                                 =
    --                                                             =
    -- written by Gary Russell at EVB Software Engineering         =
    -- with help from Brad Balford and Johan Margono               =
    -- May 1985                                                    =
    --==============================================================

begin
    -- Halstead_Output_Needed
    return Halstead_Metric;
end Halstead_Output_Needed;