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From: "RasikaSrinivasan@gmail.com" <RasikaSrinivasan@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: C Macros and their equivalent in Ada
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:54:13 -0700 (PDT)
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I have a similar solution implemented. thanks. was just trying to
figure out if there was anything recent.


On Sep 9, 12:33 pm, Ray Blaak <rAYbl...@STRIPCAPStelus.net> wrote:
> Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Glos...@ACM.org> writes:
>
> > On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, RasikaSriniva...@gmail.com wrote:
> > |"are there Ada equivalents of the C macros like :                |
> > |                                                                 |
> > |__DATE__, __TIME__                                               |
>
> > How about the function Ada.Calendar.Clock to get the current instant
>
> The idea is to get the date/time the file was compiled.
>
> Rasika, what I have often done is generate a source file from my build script
> that has the version and build dates baked in. E.g. using ant:
>
>   <property name="VERSION" value="1.1"/>
>
>   <target name="generate.version">
>     <tstamp>
>       <format property="yyyyMMdd" pattern="yyyyMMdd"/>
>     </tstamp>
>     <echo file="src/Support/Version.adb">
> package body Version is
>
>   function Version return String is
>   begin
>     return "${VERSION}";
>   end;
>
>   function Build return String is
>   begin
>     return "${yyyyMMdd}";
>   end;
> end;
>     </echo>
>   </target>
>
> Apologies for any errors, but it should get the idea across.
>
> --
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>                                                The Rhythm has control.
> Ray Blaak                                      The Rhythm is inside me,
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