Re: Naive question about system dependencies

[ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen)]

In article <35jupm$dkq@theopolis.orl.mmc.com>,
dennison@romulus23.DAB.GE.COM (Ted Dennison) writes: 

|> In article <35f559$mad@info.epfl.ch>, weber@lglsun.epfl.ch (Mats Weber) writes: 
|> |> In article <Cw8GK2.M9y@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
|> |> Using a good file naming convention helps a lot in managing the
|> |> different versions. We use something like this: 
|> |>
|> |> sql_interface.ads                 (common package spec)
|> |> sql_interface-oracle-vms.adb      (body for Oracle under VMS)
|> |> sql_interface-sybase-unix.adb     (body for Sybase under UNIX)
|> |>
|> |> Despite the amount of code duplication, I prefer this to a preprocessor
|> |> approach.
|>
|> This won't work under GNAT. GNAT doesn't allow you to use "a good file naming
|> convention", you have to use theirs.

T.E.D. is apparently criticizing something about which he knows nothing.
The "good file naming convention" Mats proposes is precisely the GNAT
convention for child units named SQL_Interface.Oracle.VMS and
SQL_Interface.Sybase.Unix.

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