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From: Lucretia <lucretia9@lycos.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Implementing an Ada compiler and libraries.
Date: 9 May 2007 20:39:02 -0700
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On May 9, 10:15 pm, Gautier <gaut...@fakeaddress.nil> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You seem to look for a model where each unit compilation ands into a file that
> contains, roughly, the following information (with overlaps):
> - the specification, "digested"
> - the contents of the .ali file
> - unit dependencies
> - time stamps to check need of recompilations
> - the compiled code (the .o object file itself).
>
> This model exists and works fine (esp., less files and a way faster
> compilation!), it is the one of Turbo Pascal's .TPU files (~1988...) and its
> descendants (TPW, Delphi). You just have to take a close look at it. No need
> to reinvent anything...

I'd forgotted about this. Do you have any pointers?

Thanks,
Luke.