Re: ANN: Ada 2005 Math Extensions, 20100901 release

[sjw <simon.j.wright@mac.com>]

On Sep 7, 8:45 am, Ada novice <ycalleecha...@gmx.com> wrote:
> On Sep 6, 9:49 pm, Simon Wright <si...@pushface.org> wrote:
>
> > jonathan <johns...@googlemail.com> writes:
> > > Don't worry, I got the same error message, knew I would not be smart
> > > enough to fix it, and just replaced all the dots with underscores. Now
> > > my version is named ada_numerics_generic_arrays.adb
>
> > I wish I understood what it is I didn't say in the README that led you
> > both to get into all this grief!
>
> Well, I didn't read the README file for a start and I was trying to
> strip away all files
> that use AUnit. And I didn't keep your directory structure. Of course
> this is my mistake.
>
> > As a side-effect, it builds a static library for use in your own
> > programs.
>
> Can we include this library in GPS for use with our own codes? I try
> to
> include it as a library but I wasn't successful.
>
>
>
> > In order to use this library within your own code, you need to use a
> > GPR referencing the extensions' GPR, "ada_math_build" [This name is
> > subject to change]. Either
>
> > * say 'with "ada_math_build";' and include
> >   /where/ever/gnat-math-extn-YYYYMMDD/src in your ADA_PROJECTS_PATH
> >   environment variable; or
>
> > * say 'with "/where/ever/gnat-math-extn-YYYYMMDD/src/ada_math_build";'
> >   (this path can be relative, if you like)."
>
> I tried the first method. Still, I am not sure what the
> ADA_PROJECTS_PATH environment variable is. Can we customize it within
> GPS itself?
>
> Thanks a lot
> YC

The message I'm (at last) getting from you and Jonathan is that I'm
being too clever by half! Will make a release ASAP with file naming
that doesn't require library/compiler magic, in other words just
include in your source tree as Jonathan did.