Re: ASIS information requested

[majoaggro@aol.com (Majoaggro)]

ASIS would be very useful for that kind of stuff , as far as i can tell.
There is quite a lot of information on the web, this is a good place to start.


http://info.acm.org/sigada/wg/asiswg/



fyi, here is the email and reply i got from clyde roby, a very helpful
gentleman who  coordinate the
ASIS information group.


Sender: roby@ida.org


> i am a student at university of portsmouth , and i am trying to use asis in
> a final year project to build a set of object oriented tools, such as an
> object browser.
> I found the examples supplied very helpful, but find myself stuck without
> any real idea of how to apply asis to my problem. 

I've copied your message to the ASIS-Technical email discussion group
so that others may also help you.

> could you tell me if i will need an in depth understanding of compilers to
> continue making headway?
> if so, could you suggest any useful documentation?

In my opinion, just the basics.  Of course, the more information
you'd like to obtain, the more helpful and more in-depth your
understanding of compilers and how they work would be helpful.

> is there any place where some example code can be found? or perhaps some
> more information?

We will be updating the ASIS web site with more examples very soon.
Hopefully, these should be of help to you.  Our hope is to have the
examples that were shown at Tri-Ada'97 in St. Louis (9-13 November)
on the web site before the Christmas holiday break -- even earlier
if possible.

> does asis support the semantic information necessary to identify objects in
> ada?

Definitely to identify type information.

> thankyou for your time, i hope it isnot inappropriate to contact you about
> this.

You're very welcome.  This was indeed an appropriate contact.
Others on this list will, most likely, add more information.

Clyde Roby
ASISWG/ASISRG Recorder and Webmaster

PS: I'll add you to the ASIS-Technical email discussion list so that
    you will be part of that discussion as well.


hope this helps - mj