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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:10:26 +0200
From: Adrien Plisson <aplisson-news@stochastique.net>
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Date: 2004-10-19T16:10:26+02:00
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hello,

maybe this topic has already been discussed here, but i can't find any 
information about that.

i have a specific hardware (an i/o board) that i have to use in a system i am 
developing. unfortunately, the manufacturer of this hardware knows nothing 
about Ada and so gives only a C header file and the corresponding .lib file to 
interface with the driver.

i know it is possible to import C functions into Ada through Pragma Import, but 
the header file is somehow big and i don't want to make any mistake while 
writing the functions definitions.

so, is there any piece of software which would automagically convert my C 
header into a valid Ada package specification ?

(i am using GNAT 3.15p on windows)

thanks in advance.

-- 
rien