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From: "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Newbie question: How to use gnat make
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:54:24 -0400
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In article 
<b1f1461a-4899-437e-a20b-0a9dbf583c0d@n2g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
 Markus <markus.buehren@gmail.com> wrote:

> What about the file extensions .ada/.adb/.ads?

In addition to Ludovic Brenta's discussion of .ads and .adb, a file 
ending in .ada is a convenient way to store multiple compilation units 
in a single file. Such a file is typically created with the 'cat' 
command. Typically, it is not directly compilable, but it can be 
restored to individual units with the 'gnatchop' utility. For example,

<http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.3.4/gnat_ugn_unw/
Renaming-Files-Using-gnatchop.html#Renaming-Files-Using-gnatchop>

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