Re: problem with abstract types

[Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Ulrich Eckhardt <uli.e@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> i am starting my first project in ada (A complete rewrite
> of WHFC, see my Homepage). For this i want to
> write an OS independend way to store configuration
> informations (on windows in the registry and on unix in
> human readable config files).

I am hurt, shocked, and amazed that noone has pointed you to Grace, at
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/grace/

It currently has a draft version of the Config_Files package, which
does exactly what you want, and was discussed extensively last spring.

Unfortunately, the administration of the Grace web site is a bit
lacking (hint to Ted Dennison :), so the easiest way to get the
Config_Files package is by browsing the CVS repository, at:

http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/grace/grace/

and the documentation for Config_Files is only available as TeXinfo
source, at:

http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/grace/doc/

I hope to make this cleaner soon.

Let me know if Grace.Config_Files meets your needs.

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-- Stephe