From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:a141:: with SMTP id n1-v6mr1977757iti.35.1530346372985; Sat, 30 Jun 2018 01:12:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:8d2:: with SMTP id 201-v6mr1650046oii.0.1530346372765; Sat, 30 Jun 2018 01:12:52 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.69.MISMATCH!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!d7-v6no1150693itj.0!news-out.google.com!p13-v6ni1793itf.0!nntp.google.com!u78-v6no1133178itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 01:12:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=101.164.108.182; posting-account=wavAeAoAAAAZF_sXSZepBukuPCBO0Zqt NNTP-Posting-Host: 101.164.108.182 References: <0fe7035b-5fa6-4eb3-823b-0fedf29eaed4@googlegroups.com> <3db9d8a1-6b91-4ce9-9ca6-d56b35c6b23a@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ANN: VisualAda (Ada Integration for Visual Studio 2017) From: alby.gamper@gmail.com Injection-Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 08:12:52 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Bytes: 2926 X-Received-Body-CRC: 431057427 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53469 Date: 2018-06-30T01:12:52-07:00 List-Id: On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 5:37:07 PM UTC+10, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > On 2018-06-29 04:56, Jere wrote: > > > Thank you so much for making this. > > I concur. > > > At some point I need to set this up and see how it works with MSYS2. > > Normally there is no problem linking GCC things with VS. I had minor > problems with generating import libraries from GCC. I found no better > way than manually creating a def-file and it was quite boring. I hope > that VisualAda automates that. > > -- > Regards, > Dmitry A. Kazakov > http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 5:37:07 PM UTC+10, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > On 2018-06-29 04:56, Jere wrote: > > > Thank you so much for making this. > > I concur. > > > At some point I need to set this up and see how it works with MSYS2. > > Normally there is no problem linking GCC things with VS. I had minor > problems with generating import libraries from GCC. I found no better > way than manually creating a def-file and it was quite boring. I hope > that VisualAda automates that. > > -- > Regards, > Dmitry A. Kazakov > http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de Hi Dmitry Thanks for your support, and I'll look into your idea of what I see as a "Binding generator" for native win32 libraries. A possible approach may be to "re-surface" so to speak, the legacy win32 Api currently used (which is extremely outdated) to a more "user friendly" and up to date Api Alex