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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Please list all the Ada libraries you know
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:13:30 +0100
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Date: 2013-03-04T22:13:30+01:00
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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.