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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.fr7!fx01.am4.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Moore User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Can .ads be compiled alone? References: <520f8f3d-b345-4ef8-ac41-ead78edde92a@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <520f8f3d-b345-4ef8-ac41-ead78edde92a@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 141106-1, 06/11/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.15.56.104 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: 1415346519 86.15.56.104 (Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:48:39 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:48:39 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:48:50 +0000 X-Received-Body-CRC: 4169633787 X-Received-Bytes: 1713 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23053 Date: 2014-11-07T07:48:50+00:00 List-Id: 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. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com