Re: Feasibility/Requirements/Wishes of xAL (was: Standard Library Interest?)

["Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

"Ching Bon Lam" <c.lam_REMOVE_THIS@student.utwente.nl> wrote in message
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> I think that there are more than a dozen ppl interested in some standard
> library, which i will call xAL for fun. xAL of course stands for x Ada
> Library, analogous to Ada0X :).
>
> I want to discuss about the requirements of the library, and the wishes
> of the developers that either program the library or use the library for
> his own project.
>
> I'll start with some requirements:
>
> - some system for documentation. Something like python or java
> documentation. The kind that you can browse with your browser. I kinda
> like that.

That's easy:

AdaBrowser when you just want the API
http://home.tiscalinet.ch/t_wolf/tw/ada95/adabrowse/

GNATHTML when you want the entire implementation.

> - a style guide. The style guide provides rules and guidelines how to
> format your code. Result should be consistent formatting and naming in
> the code.

Good start @ http://www.adaic.com/docs/95style/html/cover.html

> - CORBA. If all components have a CORBA idl interface, other programming
> languages can use the library too without too much hassle.

Hmmm, I'd put this low on the list...

my $0.02