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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Ini reader package
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Ching Bon Lam <c.lam_REMOVE_THIS@student.utwente.nl> writes:

> Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov> wrote in
> news:uekwvlrpt.fsf@nasa.gov: 
> 
> > A question; what search engines did you employ, that did not find
> > this? I'd like to fix that.
> 
> I did use google. Searched for "ini file reader". Then for "ini file 
> reader class" what was quite stupid since Ada doesn't have class but 
> package.

Ok. I don't think I can do anything about that. Searching is an art,
not a science ...

> After i've read this post i decided to look for "ada ini file
> package".. some results:
> 
> 1. http://sage.inel.gov/rman_toc_ada.htm
> 2. http://lists.act-europe.fr/pipermail/gtkada/2002-May/001459.html

This is part of the thread that started Grace.Config_Files; cool :)

> 3. http://jacob.sparre.dk/Ada/aws_demo/source/aws-config-ini__adb.htm
> 
> ad 1: works with StonyBrook compiler.. never heard of it..
> ad 2: spec file looks good, but where is the body?

You could ask Rolf, but just use Grace.Config_Files; it's a Community
Standard :).

> ad 3: looks like it's aws specific..
> 
> also in the result set:
> 
> 4. http://www.nongnu.org/Grace/config_files.html
> 5. http://www.toadmail.com/~ada_wizard/ada/windex.html
> 
> ad 4: looks like what you have suggested.

Yes. So your search ultimatly succeeded. Good.

> ad 5: I just assumed it's not platform independent.

Right; that is "exact Windows ini format", and it uses the Win32 API.

> What i just wanted is a single package independent of other packages
> and platform independent.

That's Grace.

Thanks for the feedback.

-- 
-- Stephe