Re: Ada -vs- GNAT

["Steve Doiel" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com>]

"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
news:slrnaeug17.pa.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no...
> On Sat, 25 May 2002 02:47:52 GMT, Steve Doiel wrote:
> >
> > Recently I did some work with XML/Ada and found a few pieces code
dependent
> > on the GNAT specific attributes 'img and 'unrestricted_access.  I was
able
> > to make the code work with ObjectAda (and any other Ada compiler) by
making
> > a few small changes to the sources.
>
> I think you should submit it to the developers of XML/Ada so they can
> use it.

I plan to do so.

> The point is that sometimes things gets more easy and portable if you
> use GNAT. Especially IO operations on different platforms. At the moment
> I use some GNAT procedures in my program due to this. But of course if
> somebody else would like to compile it (when I release it) with a
> different compiler, then I would really like to have a copy of the
> changes they did to make it compiler independant. The 'Img I only use
> for debugging purposes as it is faster to put in a
>
>    Put_Line (Some_Value'Img)
>

Why not use
     Put_Line( Some_Type'Image( Some_Value ) )

and avoid the habit of using non-standard features.

SteveD

> which will be removed as soon as I locate the problem.
>
> Preben