Re: Is the Documentation In a spec File Usually Enough For You ?

["Markus Schöpflin" <no.spam@spam.spam>]

On 10/15/18 1:25 PM, patrick@spellingbeewinnars.org wrote:

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> I also printed all the Gnat.XXX headers and here are a few just randomly picked:
> Gnat.Heap.Sort_G
> Gnat.Memory_dump
> Gnat.Byte_Swapping
> 
> I just picked Gnat.Byte_Swapping and I tried to look for an example. I found the GNAT reference manual that gives a short description but I did not find an example of it in use.
> 
> Can I assume that if Adacore included this, it's good software ? but can I also assume that I will need to post to this list and/or read through the spec and body to understand how it works?

AdaCore includes extensive documentation in the spec files. So you just need 
to look at the spec files, e.g. for Gnat.Byte_Swapping have a look at 
g-bytswa.ads.

Markus