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Subject: Re: Ada mode requests (Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java)
Date: 1999/01/27
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In article <36AE35EB.2A7F@gecm.com>,
  John McCabe <john.mccabe@gecm.com> wrote:
> Brian Orpin wrote:
> > It does of course seem to assume that the only Ada compiler in the world
> > is Gnat which is a real pity.
>
> That's not surprising. I've heard something about ACT getting involved
> with ada-mode from the emacs ada mode mailing list, but I had hoped they
> would separate anything they did from the main code to allow other
> compilers to be used with it.

The previous standard seems to have been that compiler-specifc stuff be
placed in separate "ada-compilername.el" files. However, there always were
features in the main adamode which only gnat could support.

I guess a good request for a first activity for the new adamode maintainer
would be to break gnat-specific stuff out into its own file, where it
belongs.

T.E.D.

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