From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,158487271641b6d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Al Christians Subject: Re: Gnat 3.11 whinings Date: 1999/01/26 Message-ID: <36AE1AF4.9D424D58@easystreet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 437214043 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <78kus9$4nv$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <78l2qq$845$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news6.ispnews.com 917379114 206.103.56.65 (Tue, 26 Jan 1999 14:31:54 EDT) Organization: Trillium Resources Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 14:31:54 EDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: This is not a whine -- just a question. I don't see anything in the DLL section of the documentation about how to make DLL's from Ada sources with Gnat, although I infer from the documentation that it can be done. This process has previously been described as a 'black art'. Could anyone, perhaps even someone who already knew how to do it before 3.11p, tell me if there is anything in the new release that could lead to expeditious DLL creation by the hoi polloi, eg me? If so, what, where? TIA for any most gratuitous advice more apropos than 'get Object Ada'. BTW, I would consider addition of this long-awaited feature to the public version of Gnat as a notable accomplishment toward the goal discussed in the 'how to make Ada more popular' thread. However, my question is in no way a criticism of Gnat or ACT. I am most pleased to be able to obtain a copy of this product under a no-cost license, and I am in no position to tell them what they should do or to offer any informed comment about their product feature decisions. It will be useful to me regardless of how DLL's are supported. I'm just trying to plan the solution of some immediate development problems that I would like to solve with DLL's written in Ada, and would like the benefit of the advice of those more astute about what possibilities the new release offers. Thanks again. Al