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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,680defdd64d3300 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: 19owls <19@owls.org> Subject: Re: Help on Package_Name Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:41:58 +0800 User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity.) Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.212.214.251 X-Trace: 23 Nov 2004 18:41:21 +0800, 218.212.214.251 Organization: StarHub Internet Pte Ltd Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!newsvr.starhub.net.sg!news.starhub.net.sg!218.212.214.251 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6364 Date: 2004-11-23T18:41:58+08:00 List-Id: i am working within my own directory. good to know that my compiler works within the compiling directory too. thanks i got hold of a newer book which of great help briefing me on standard packages and how to declare packages that i need. -- Can't you read? --19 -- > 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.