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On 03-Aug-14 03:54, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> I have no idea why existing Ada bindings are so difficult to make working.

Because in order to make a good [thick] Ada binding you have to "strain" 
all the crap from the gl_enum soup; ideally this would entail the 
creation of specific enumerations for the various parameters of the 
various functions but with the addition of subtyping for various 
near-complete matches on values.