Re: Programming for the World in Ada95

[Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch>]

> Is there an easy way to specify message strings at load time, or must
> this be done at compile time?

You can do both with an enumerated type : type language is ( english,... )
For load time, you can have several files with a message per line,
whose names are "msg_file: array( language ) of string( 1..8 ):= ( "engl.msg",...
or use "language'image" for that.
Each message would be indexed by another, (orthogonal:-) enumerated type:
"type message is ( alert_such, warning_bla,... );".
Loading via
"Open(f, msg_file( chosen_language )); for m in message loop Get_Line(f,..."
For compile you could use constant arrays or use case statements for displaying.
Just ideas. A primitive implementation in AD's source
direct: http://members.xoom.com/gdemont/logiciel/ad.zip
page: http://members.xoom.com/gdemont/ad.htm 
HTH
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Gautier