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From: Michael R <michael@zanyblue.com>
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Subject: Re: Status of AdaCL: Ada Class Library
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On Feb 21, 5:51=A0pm, Bj=F6rn Persson <bj...@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> wrote:
> Michael R wrote:
> > I remembered a previous post on a command line handling library,
> > searched and found AdaCL. =A0The
> > Orto package seems to be something, on the surface, that might be
> > really useful but it depends on
> > the Charles library which appears to be a pre-Ada2005 container
> > library. =A0The date associated with
> > the latest release on the download page is 2007-12-09. =A0Is this
> > project "dead"?
>
> Orto isn't dead, but it's dormant while I'm focusing on other projects. I
> can't speak for Charles or for the rest of AdaCL, but Orto and EAstrings =
are
> "alive" and if you find any bugs in them then I want to hear about it.
>
> I had intended to switch from Charles to Ada.Containers, but I changed my
> mind when I learned that Ada.Containers can't even be read by multiple ta=
sks
> at once. As far as I know the Charles containers can be accessed by multi=
ple
> tasks as long as none of them modifies the container. The internal data
> structure in Orto ? which makes use of Charles ? isn't modified after the
> parsing is done, so if you parse the command line before you start any
> additional tasks, you can then freely look up parameters in multiple task=
s.
>
> I believe Charles still works, but I could probably use some other contai=
ner
> library if there is a compelling reason to stop using Charles.
>
> --
> Bj=F6rn Persson
> PGP key A88682FD

Hi,

Good to know.  I'll try using it.

Take care,
Michael.