Re: Compiling, binding, and linking an Ada prog. interfaced with C

[eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)]

In article <6pn02g$2ue$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson) writes:

 > This is one respect in which Ada's otherwise excellent C interface
 > features are not quite as good as those of Mercury or ISE Eiffel,
 > which both allow you to import C macros without having to write a
 > separate C file containing glue code.

   Huh?  The Ada way to imitate C in this area is to run the C
preprocessor over your code and live with the result no matter how
bizarre, just like it works in C.  Of course, if you have C macros
that actually generate C source, then you can only use those inside
units written in C.

  Several Ada compilers come with C style preprocessors as well.  But
not many people use them.  Ada programmers don't like obfusticated
code, and the preprocessor is the easiest way to obfusticate things.
--

					Robert I. Eachus

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