Re: BASIC_NUM_IO??

["David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>]

Jamie wrote in message <01bda9d6$ab2b9ea0$0c40a8c2@j.couston>...
>Hi,
>
>I'm a complete newbie to Ada and am currently working my way through the
>book 'Ada 95 from the beginning' by Jan Skansholm (the selected text for my
>University).
>

Although you didn't state an edition number, I assume it's the Third
Edition.

>However there are several references to a package called BASIC_NUM_IO which
>I do not have (I am running GNAT under Win 95). I know that this package is
>a combination of two others in order to facilitate reading and writing of
>numbers at the console (I think?).
>

Does your book have an index?  Did you look up BASIC_NUM_IO in the index?
The Third Edition has an entry pointing to pages 26, and 627.
Page 627 begins Appendix B which contains the source code for BASIC_NUM_IO.

>I can currently get around the problem but would like to know why this
>package is not included when the author of the book states that all Ada 95
>source was compiled using GNAT. Is my version missing something?
>

Perhaps it's missing a reader who has learned to use an index.

>Any comments on the validity of the book that I am using to learn Ada would
>also be appreciated.
>
No Ada95 book is without its faults, and some are much better than others,
but
this one will certainly do for a start.
Page 578 has an error, in that source code for a package which should be
named
PERSON_PACKAGE.EMPL is misnamed EMPLOYEE_PACKAGE.EMPL.