Re: building a package -- newbie

["Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>]

There is probably a GNAT users guide on your system.  If you can't find it,
there is one here: http://lml.ls.fi.upm.es/manuales/gnat_ug.html, it is not
the latest version but should answer your question.

Look in the section: "File Naming Rules".

Steve
(The Duck)

"backdoc" <backdoctor@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am working on an assignment for my Software Engineering class.  We
> must write a package and put statistical functions in it.  I am using
> Gnat and Linux.  I've written a half dozen little applications using
> Ada.  But, this is my first experience with building my own package.
>
> So far, I've gotten the basic main procedure written.  As long as I
> don't try to WITH my package in, it will compile, read a binary file
> and print the file contents.  It's actually the float data I will have
> to write statistical functions for.
>
> My instructor gave us the specifications.  So, I just copied those
> into a separate file.  I plan to put the body of the package in the
> same file as the specifications.  But, I wanted to get the main
> procedure working with only the specifications first.
>
> My first real question is, "what extension should I use to name my
> package?"  statistal_functions.ads?  statistal_functions.adb?  Do I
> need to compile it before it can be WITH'd into my main program?  I
> compile my main procedures with "gnatgcc -c file".  Is that the same
> for the package?
>
> Here's links to the code:
>      specs:
>      http://www.usmstudent.com/tmp/STATISTICAL_FUNCTIONS.ads
>
>      main:
>      http://www.usmstudent.com/tmp/pkg.adb
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA,
> backdoc