From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: How to include shared code
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:24:55 +0100
Date: 2013-09-19T07:24:55+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lyhadh5nwo.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f46333c1-5d51-4c67-b17c-bd152fe9331c@googlegroups.com
Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:17:52 UTC+2, Emanuel Berg wrote:
>>
>> Now, how can I extract that piece of code from both files, and put
>> it into another file, say, random_period.adb, and then "include"
>> it into each of the above files (that operate in isolation)?
>>
> That's what .ads files are for - you specify your function (and
> everything else you need shared) in a package in a .ads file. Then the
> gnat make will find and incorporate it:
>
> http://blog.projectpolymath.org/ada-2012-tutorial_01/
>
> gives an example of what a .ads file looks like at the bottom.
The relevant chapter in "Ada 95: The Craft of Object-Oriented
Programming" is http://archive.adaic.com/docs/craft/html/ch04.htm#4.7
(NB, external references in this document won't work)
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2013-09-19 0:17 How to include shared code Emanuel Berg
2013-09-19 5:31 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-19 6:24 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2013-09-19 7:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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