Re: Help on Package_Name

[Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>]

19owls wrote:
> i found this on the web so i think it's closest to the student_io i was
> looking for for the time being
> http://www.adaworks.com/standard_io.htm

You cannot substitute packages at will! Fortunately most probably the 
compiler will not let you.

> anyway, i'm running linux Fedora with a gnat compiler and i also found
> where they keep the libraries for ada. so now i know where to keep my
> package files.

You don't have to put it there, and surely you don't--and should 
not--"learn" Ada from how a compiler manages its files. There is 
absolutely no black art with Ada. Everything you need to--and 
shoudld--know is fully documented. Usually you create a directory for 
your files, and work there, invoke the compiler from there, and the 
compiler finds your units there. If the compiler does not find the 
standard units then it is not well installed.

> the book i had was from a library so there's no CDrom with
> it and it's really old (1985)
> Adacraft looks good. for the meantime, i'd just have to read up and be
> versed with the packages to use or create so that i can learn further.

Yes, use an uncrippled resource.