Re: Can .ads be compiled alone?

[Chris Moore <zmower@ntlworld.com>]

On 07/11/2014 05:21, moixa wrote:
> Newbie question.
>
> I have only two files, machinery_1_3.ads [1] and machinery_1_3.adb [2], in some directory, when I `gnat compile machinery_1_3.ads`, it told me compile error, (but no further information).
>
> A stackoverflow post[3] said that it's a good practice to separate compile the spec and the body, so, why I cannot compile my .ads?


You cannot generate code from a spec.  As the stackoverflow article 
says, its just like a header file.  So the error is just a helpful 
warning really.  The main point is that you have no other errors in your 
spec.



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