Re: ANN: Ada 2005 Math Extensions, 20100901 release

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

jonathan <johnscpg@googlemail.com> writes:

> Don't worry, I got the same error message, knew I would not be smart
> enough to fix it, and just replaced all the dots with underscores. Now
> my version is named ada_numerics_generic_arrays.adb

I wish I understood what it is I didn't say in the README that led you
both to get into all this grief!

It says

"The software unpacks into a directory structure of the form

gnat-math-extn-YYYYMMDD
   /src  contains the library code
   /test contains an installation verification program and unit tests.

Go to the test/ directory. If on a Unix-based system, run
   $ gnatmake -p -P test_extensions
   $ ./test_extensions
or if on Windows,
   > gnatmake -p -P test_extensions
   > test_extensions

This should output the results of a simple set of tests.
[At some future release, we will list the expected output]

As a side-effect, it builds a static library for use in your own
programs.

In order to use this library within your own code, you need to use a
GPR referencing the extensions' GPR, "ada_math_build" [This name is
subject to change]. Either

* say 'with "ada_math_build";' and include
  /where/ever/gnat-math-extn-YYYYMMDD/src in your ADA_PROJECTS_PATH
  environment variable; or

* say 'with "/where/ever/gnat-math-extn-YYYYMMDD/src/ada_math_build";'
  (this path can be relative, if you like)."