gnatmake ".ali" file format

gnatmake ".ali" file format

[tmponko]

I'm a new gnatmake user trying to gain familiarity with the data
contained in the ".ali" files produced by gnatmake. I've searched the
web using keywords={gnatmake ali format}, keywords={gnatlink ali
format}, etc., and haven't found anything beyond explaing the format
for the date/time stamp.

Is there a site/reference available that provides format details? 

I'm using gnatmake on Redhat linux.

Thanks...

Re: gnatmake ".ali" file format

[David C. Hoos]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tmponko" <tmponko@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
To: <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 12:19 PM
Subject: gnatmake ".ali" file format


> I'm a new gnatmake user trying to gain familiarity with the data
> contained in the ".ali" files produced by gnatmake. I've searched the
> web using keywords={gnatmake ali format}, keywords={gnatlink ali
> format}, etc., and haven't found anything beyond explaing the format
> for the date/time stamp.
> 
> Is there a site/reference available that provides format details? 
>
The information may be found by looking in the section of the Top Secret
GNAT User's Guide, obsurely-named The Ada Library Information Files

The last paragraph of that section says:
"For a full detailed description of the format of the `ali' file, see the
source of the body of unit Lib.Writ, contained in file `lib-writ.adb'
in the GNAT compiler sources."

The GNAT documentation is always a better source of information about
GNAT, than is a Web search.
 

Re: gnatmake ".ali" file format

[Stephen Leake]

tmponko@yahoo.com (tmponko) writes:

> I'm a new gnatmake user trying to gain familiarity with the data
> contained in the ".ali" files produced by gnatmake. I've searched the
> web using keywords={gnatmake ali format}, keywords={gnatlink ali
> format}, etc., and haven't found anything beyond explaing the format
> for the date/time stamp.

Why do you want this information?

It is considered "private" by the compiler; the format changes with
each compiler version.

There are tools (gnatfind, etc) that access the information in
user-friendly ways.

-- 
-- Stephe