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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: "extern" procedure in ada
Date: 01 Oct 2002 20:57:59 +0100
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"Bernard Azria" <azria@cae.ca> writes:

> I decided to use a pragma import (ada, ..) and to ask people
> building the library to define in it, the coreponsding pragma export
> ( ada, .. ).  In this way, I shouldn't have to "with " any file from
> the library.

What happens about elaboration?

I think you would have a _lot_ of trouble with GNAT if you approach
this in a naive way.

Does the library come with an entry called something_adainit or some
such, that you must call before you use any of its facilities? I would
be a bit suspicious if it doesn't.