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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,47bc849aad30d586 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-29 09:23:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CF500A2.1A9428E2@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed References: <3CF3B160.DF10E94F@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 16:23:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1022689419 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 29 May 2002 09:23:39 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 09:23:39 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24938 Date: 2002-05-29T16:23:39+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > But we don't want to use any Windows API for reading .ini files. Correct. My point is that since they're API compatible under Windows, one should strive to make them API compatible in the Ada implementation, where possible. > We > don't need to. And if one wants to use the registry then one should put > this in another pacakge as it would not be needed on Linux/Unix/Mac > etc... Right. And it should have (for most/all opperations that the .ini package supports) a compatible syntax with the .ini package, right? I mean, why introduce gratuitous differences between two packages designed to do essentially the same thing? -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** My brain needs a "back" button so I can remember where I left my coffee mug.