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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Project files (Was: Should Inline be private in the private part of a
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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:03:03 +0200
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Randy Brukardt wrote:

> (The recompilation time they would save with shared files is probably
> less than the time that they would spend on managing the projects.)

We don't use project files to save compilation time.  We do it to:

 a) reuse shared libraries

 b) direct the compiler at the proper target-specific package bodies

> YMMV, of course, but I think "one-button builds" from raw (and
> portable) source code is the ideal way to go.

Agreed.

> I'm now looking at ways to make that easier with Janus/Ada (one
> obvious way is to eliminate the need for any special naming
> conventions for Ada source code).

How would you handle multiple available bodies for the same package?  (I
imagine it would turn it into at least a "two-button build".)

Greetings,

Jacob
-- 
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 lacks a lightweight scripting language."