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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: ada-text_io.ads & text_io.ads
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:28:42 +0200
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On 17-11-18 05:32 , gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com wrote:
> The file names for Ada.*, GNAT.* and System.* are shortened to hold
> on 8 letters.

The GNAT tool "gnatkr", where "kr" means "krunch", implements this 
abbreviation. You run it from the command line with the normal GNAT 
file-name as the argument; it prints out the abbreviated file name. For 
example:

 > gnatkr ada-text_io.ads
a-textio.ads
 >

(where ">" is my prompt character).

> Perhaps GCC rules still requires it

I seem to remember that some GNAT versions require this abbreviated 
naming for the run-time-system sources.

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Niklas Holsti
Tidorum Ltd
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