Re: Splitting packages in per-procedure separate files

[Gautier <gautier@fakeaddress.nil>]

Francesco Bochicchio:

> Maybe the term program was misleading. What I have is an
> application consisting of a dozen different packages. Now the standard
> mandates:
> 
> - one name_package.ads for package public declarations
> - one name_package.adb for package private declarations (including
> separate declarations for all procedures)
> - one name_package-name_procedure.adb for each procedure in the package
> 
> Some of the coders have actually followed the standards, some have not,
> putting all the procedure code inside the name_package.adb file. Now I
> have to split these files ( about half of the packages, so probably 10000
> line of codes, not the 20000 initially stated ).
> 
> This could be done by hand in at most a (very boring) week (but I'd say
> three days could be enough), so I can't spend too much effort in
> automating this task, except for: 
> a) preparing for future similar activities 
> b) having sligtly more fun.
> 
> Thanks to all the posters that answered. 
> 
>  Ciao
> ------
> FB

At least the task of putting your separate procedures into files can be done 
automatically by GNAT. Say I modify (manually or automatically) a package to 
meet the standard you mention (modifications with "**"):

--8<-----------8<-----------8<---sep.txt-8<---------
package A is
   procedure B1;
   procedure B2;
end A;
package body A is
   procedure B1 is separate; -- ** line added **
   procedure B2 is separate; -- ** line added **
end A; -- ** line added **
separate(A) -- ** line added **
   procedure B1 is
   begin
     null;
   end B1;
separate(A) -- ** line added **
   procedure B2 is
   begin
     null;
   end B2;
-- end A; -- ** line commented out **
--8<-----------8<-----------8<-----------8<---------

Then gnatchop will do the following:
gnatchop sep.txt
splitting sep.txt into:
    a.ads
    a.adb
    a~b1.adb
    a~b2.adb

Then, you just need to rename your files with '-' instead of '~'.
HTH
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