From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
Subject: Re: Please list all the Ada libraries you know
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:13:30 +0100
Date: 2013-03-04T22:13:30+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738wakgw5.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: cd72c22c-a401-4aa9-959e-4b437313b3be@googlegroups.com
Adam Beneschan writes:
> On Sunday, March 3, 2013 10:32:28 PM UTC-8, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>
>> In a source model compiler, you need a way to go from a unit name to the
>> corresponding file name. In a case-sensitive OS, you need a casing
>> convention.
>
> Well, no, you don't "need" one. Once you know what directory you're
> looking in, it's not all that difficult to look for any file whose
> name matches what you're looking for without regard to letter case.
I think Jean-Pierre meant: you "need" a definition of "matches what
you're looking for". Also, Ada does not require that all source files
be in a single directory, so the compiler needs some way to designate
the directories containing the sources.
--
Ludovic Brenta.
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-03 16:42 Please list all the Ada libraries you know ferrariv65
2013-03-03 17:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-03-03 17:29 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-03-03 19:18 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-03-04 1:02 ` Shark8
2013-03-04 1:23 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-03-04 3:32 ` Shark8
2013-03-04 6:32 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-03-04 20:43 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-04 21:09 ` gautier_niouzes
2013-03-04 22:57 ` Shark8
2013-03-04 21:13 ` Ludovic Brenta [this message]
2013-03-06 6:15 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-03-06 7:15 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-06 15:09 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-03-06 16:03 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-06 17:36 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-06 17:08 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-06 19:01 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-03-06 19:34 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-06 19:56 ` [OT] "sensible" in English (was: Please list all the Ada libraries you know) Ludovic Brenta
2013-03-06 20:33 ` [OT] "sensible" in English Niklas Holsti
2013-03-07 7:04 ` Geoff
2013-03-07 7:47 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-03-07 10:23 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-03-11 16:04 ` [OT] "sensible" in English (was: Please list all the Ada libraries you know) Ada novice
2013-03-06 20:15 ` Please list all the Ada libraries you know Niklas Holsti
2013-03-07 2:41 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-03-07 6:56 ` Geoff
2013-03-07 7:20 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-06 21:01 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-03-06 21:44 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-04 8:12 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-04 20:29 ` Shark8
2013-03-06 0:28 ` Jerry
2013-03-07 21:42 ` mockturtle
2013-03-08 9:02 ` Björn Persson
2013-03-07 22:02 ` slos
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