Re: simple programs -> one file with gps 2008 (gpl)?

[Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>]

amado.alves@gmail.com writes:

> Like others have said (and yet others seem to ignore) a tool Gnatchop
> exists that generates the files from an Ada text (usually from an .ada
> file) Eventually you use this tool to start development from an Ada
> text. But normally you only do this once at the start of development,
> because compiler messages will point to the 'new' files, so it's more
> convenient to edit them instead of the old,...

The -r switch to gnatchop causes error messages to refer to the original
pre-chopped file.  The -w and -p switches are also quite useful -- look
at the docs.

I agree that GNAT's bias toward one-comp-unit-per-file is an annoying
feature.  A minor annoyance at most, since that's usually what you want
anyway.

- Bob