Re: Fun with WebAda/GNAT

[dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

"But wait!  There's more!

We noticed a similar problem in the project we were doing.  It was
clear there was a lurking .ads file around, but it wasn't in the
directory.  We were a little confused until we realized that it was
finding it in one of the directories in the ADA_INCLUDE_PATH !

This isn't a slam against GNAT -- it's just a wierd error message
(which they always strive to make more understandable).  I had
intended to send this in as a "please fix?" request.  I'm sure RObert
will comment on this, but I"m going to cc report@gnat.com for this
post."

Ken's experience was certainly a weirdness, but this just seems a matter
of not knowing exactly what is going on. Of COURSE the path is searched
for the spec, that's what it is for! For example, you could have multiple
bodies for the same spec, and control which body you got by using
appropriate paths.

There is nothing to fix that I can see!

If you find that the use of paths is confusing, stick to the use of
-I switches to explicitly say where to look for with'ed files.