Re: GNAT Library Reference. Where can I find it?

[dewar@gnat.com]

In article <F1ut4I.2Aq@robkaos.ruhr.de>,
  robsch@robkaos.ruhr.de (Robert Schien) wrote:
> I want to learn programming in Ada 95. The compiler I'm using
> is GNAT. It seems to be quite powerful and I think the
> GNAT people are doing a good job. The platforms I'm using
> are FreeBSD and Win95/NT.
>
> Of course, there is a lot of information available (www.adahome.com).
> But what I am missing is a reference manual about the library (
> standard routines). It seems to be contained in the online RM95 manual
> but unfortunately it is NOT in the tar-file gnat-3.10p-src.tar.gz,
> which contains a great user manual and reference manual about
> the language but no short library reference.
> (I grep'ed for the numerical function Sqrt for instance and didn't
> find it)
>
> Where can I find a library reference manual?


For standard defined routines (like sqrt) you look in the Ada
RM, or in a standard Ada textbook. The GNAT documentation does
NOT attempt to duplicate standard Ada information, it assumes
that you know Ada.

For GNAT specific library routines, see the specs of the
GNAT packages, found in files g-*.ads in the GNAT standard
library.

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies

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