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From: dennison@romulus23.DAB.GE.COM (Ted Dennison)
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Subject: Re: Naive question about system dependencies
Date: 19 Sep 1994 12:05:10 GMT
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In article <35f559$mad@info.epfl.ch>, weber@lglsun.epfl.ch (Mats Weber) writes:
|> In article <Cw8GK2.M9y@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
|> Using a good file naming convention helps a lot in managing the
|> different versions. We use something like this:
|> 
|> sql_interface.ads                 (common package spec)
|> sql_interface-oracle-vms.adb      (body for Oracle under VMS)
|> sql_interface-sybase-unix.adb     (body for Sybase under UNIX)
|> 
|> Despite the amount of code duplication, I prefer this to a preprocessor
|> approach.

This won't work under GNAT. GNAT doesn't allow you to use "a good file naming 
convention", you have to use theirs.

T.E.D.