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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,347d22f6dce4e40 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dewar@gnat.com Subject: Re: System Calls Date: 1998/12/25 Message-ID: <760db4$p8l$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 425733379 References: <3677F2B6.FDC20000@gla.ecoledoc.lip6.fr> <7598nc$5lg$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36793CF7.6795AA80@gla.ecoledoc.lip6.fr> <75bsm6$ccl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <75tmgp$bjf@top.mitre.org> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x5.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 166.72.70.173 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Dec 25 16:09:08 1998 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1998-12-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <75tmgp$bjf@top.mitre.org>, mfb@mbunix.mitre.org (Michael F Brenner) wrote: > ... > wait for executable, peek/poke, get/put/seek to ordinary > operating system files, parse filename, etc., could be > standardized > without pain in a little operating system-independent > package. Some of these functions can be found in POSIX (e.g. look at the florist package for GNAT). If you are using GNAT, also look at the GNAT.xxx library routines (e.g. there is one for reading directories, and GNAT.OS_Lib has a Spawn routine for calling executables that works on all targets, as well as other useful stuff). Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies P.S. The pixel stuff seems entirely at the wrong level to assume that a universal package is possible, it is more appropriate to standardize on the use of a higher level graphics package than try to mess with pixels, which is simply not possible in some environments. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own