Re: GNAT Pro for .NET

[george.priv@gmail.com]

On Nov 23, 11:36 am, Rob Veenker <veen...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> You may want to check out the MGNAT project athttp://sourceforge.net/projects/asharp
>
> The GNAT Pro for .Net compiler used this project as a starting point.
>
> The compiler is kept in sync with the latest GNAT Pro compiler technology but there are limitations when it comes to code generation (due to .Net runtime). Also note that not all annexes are implemented.
>
> You need to be aware of the way the Ada symbols (variables, procedures, functions etc.) are expressed in MSIL if you want to create Ada assemblies that will be used by other .Net languages. Using a .Net reflection tool or the object browser can be of great help.
>
> Integration in the MS Visual Studio is great for debugging a mixed language application, but for my Ada programming I still use GPS :-)
>
> Regards,
> Rob Veenker
>
> george.p...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Wonder if anyone has any experience with Ada .NET?  How well it is
> > integrated and what are the major issues you had with it?
>
>

Thanks, Rob.  I've tried that, but there are some strange things in
the way Ada objects behave and with lack of documentation it's hard to
figure out.  In particular:
- Is it possible to mix native code from Ada with MSIL (like we do C++/
C# mix)?
- I was unable to get Initialize/Finalize being called for
Ada.Finalization.Controlled objects (given that destruction of objects
in .NET are non-deterministic, but still).
- Compiler won't let me implement IDisposable interface, am I looking
at right place (MSSyst.IDisposable)?

Thanks,

George Privalov.