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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4200259190b16e16 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-04 16:33:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!skynet.be!freenix!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Visibility problems with package instantiations..... Date: 04 Dec 2003 19:30:36 -0500 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <95234e08.0311270742.631b1228@posting.google.com> <349csv0udb5k0kuk0q99d7tm7fh5leuefu@4ax.com> <95234e08.0311280323.7a5bb870@posting.google.com> <95234e08.0311302345.4f9e235b@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1070584256 90680 80.67.180.195 (5 Dec 2003 00:30:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 00:30:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org To: "Randy Brukardt" Return-Path: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p5 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3138 Date: 2003-12-04T19:30:36-05:00 "Randy Brukardt" writes: > "Stephen Leake" wrote in message > news:mailman.8.1070543384.31149.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org... > > > Then, do not you feel that packing everything in one directory is > > > similar to packing all packages in one huge all_stuff.ada file? > > > > Since the Ada compiler treats compilation units in one file much > > differently than compilation units in separate files, but cares not at > > all about what directories things are in, these are very different issues. > > That's a mis-feature of a particular Ada implementation, one that follows > the "letter" of the standard but not the spirit. So far as I know, all other > Ada compilers directly support compiling files containing multiple units. Well, yes, GNAT refuses to compile a file containing multiple units. But even in other systems, the re-compilation dependencies get confused when there are more than one unit in a file (which is why GNAT refuses to do it); it is that effect I was talking about. > But the basic point should be, do what makes most sense to you and your > project, and get tools that support that well. The more flexible the tools, > the better (unless, like me, you have your own personal development system > that you fix/upgrade when its annoying. But that's not the norm!). I fix Emacs when it doesn't do what I want. I haven't gotten around to fixing the compiler; to much else to do :). -- -- Stephe