Re: GNAT and Florist

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>]

I would like to add that Florist sockets are not exactly standard (as
in POSIX) because that part of POSIX never got approved formally.  The
README file in Florist says:

> Beware of the packages POSIX_Sockets, POSIX_Sockets.Internet,
> POSIX_Sockets.Local, POSIX_Sockets.ISO, POSIX_XTI,
> POSIX_XTI.Internet, POSIX_XTI.ISO, POSIX_XTI.MOSI,
> POSIX_Event_Management.  These are parts of a POSIX.5c prototype
> effort that stalled during the ballot/revision process.  We have
> since made some improvements, notably in the socket interfaces, but
> this is far from a finished work.  These package interfaces SHOULD
> NOT BE ASSUMED TO CONFORM to the approved POSIX.5c standard, nor are
> they fully implemented.

That being said, I see no reason why the "proposed" sockets API in
Florist should not work.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.