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From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.A.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Commercial license?
Date: 11 Mar 2003 12:00:45 -0500
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"David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:

> From: "Preben Randhol" <randhol+news@pvv.org>
> 
> > Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> > 
> > If you look at the GNAT compiler it needs the source code for Ada
> > libraries. I'm not sure, but perhaps this is what he was referring to?
> >
> Not true.  The facts are that if you provide a library, the only source
> you need to supply is that for the specifications -- not the bodies,
> in order for the library to be used.  Thus, it is possible to keep
> the implementation proprietary.

If the library has generics, then the compiler needs the bodies of the
generics as well. 

Ditto for inlined subprograms.

-- 
-- Stephe