Re: Reading the source. (Novice question.)

["McDoobie" <chris@dont.spam.me>]

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In article <3B5FDD6C.6000904@bigfoot.de>, Gerhard H�ring
<gerhard.nospam@bigfoot.de> wrote:

> James Rogers wrote:
> 
>> 
>> McDoobie wrote:
>> 
>>>I downloaded and installed the mw_components library from adapower.com
>>>
>>>Now, I'm a little fuzzy on where I look in the source code to find
>>>names of the routines and parameters that I actually call from this
>>>group of packages.
>>>(I'm sure this is proabably covered in my book somewhere, I just havent
>>>found it yet.) Specifically, I'm interested in the "bags" package.
>>>
>>>I'm gonna try writing some code to see if I can figure it out on my
>>>own, but a little pointer or two would be helpful.
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> Look in the package specifications.
> 
> 
> Apart from the obvious (looking into the .ads file and the test_bags* 
> files), you can get a cross-referenced view of the source code with 
> gnathtml. That's sometimes quite useful when browsing thru source.
> 
> Gerhard
> 

Thanks. I am browsing the .ads files. Very informative.

This is actually easier than I thought. Compared to browsing C libraries in
particular.

Just about got the OOP concepts worked out. Those .ads files are helping 
alot with that.

Thanks again.

McDoobie
chris@dont.spam.me