Re: Good and (relatively) cheap Ada code browsing software?

["Marin David Condic" <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org>]

AdaGIDE and the Gnat compiler were able to do some version of jumping to the
locations where a variable was declared, etc. I don't think it was
enormously sophisticated, but it would help trace through the code. A
drawback is that the code must be compiled with Gnat first - which might be
problematic depending on the body of code and how portable it is.

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Mike <maestroff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've been looking for an IDE or similar software tool that would let
> me trace through some complex and badly documented Ada code I have to
> work with. You know - click on a variable and find out instantly where
> it was created and were else it was used. Or click on a
> function/procedure name to see what else it calls and what objects it
> contains, etc.
>
> I did find a program that does this and does it very well -
> "Understand for Ada" by STI. I'm currently evaluating it and it does
> everything I need and more. However its also $9000 for a single
> licence. Before I try to convince my boss to shell out that much money
> I was wondering if anyone knew of any other programs with similar
> functionality that cost less. And if they aren't quite as powerful as
> UforAda that is fine. Or is STI charging that much because they know
> they have a monopoly in this area?
>
> Mike