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On Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 6:21:45 PM UTC-7, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> There's no use to an Ada dynamic library -- if it's only for your=20
> organization's use, static linking is way better. And if it is for=20
> everyone's use, it has to have a C interface, thus no tagged types.

A few months ago a customer requested Python for Windows support for a piec=
e of hardware I sold him.  The shortest path, which proved to be surprising=
ly elegant and very easy to implement, was to create a Windows .dll for him=
 with a GNAT library project.  I just wrote a few new Ada subprograms to en=
capsulate my existing (and substantial) Ada support code.  Those wrapper su=
bprograms do indeed present a C interface using "PRAGMA Export(Convention =
=3D> C..."