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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: ALI Files Cross-References Inconsistency?
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:35:21 +0200
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On 25/09/2020 18:16, Stephen Leake wrote:
> Leandro Ribeiro <leandrobribeiro@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I am currently analyzing .ali files.
> 
> Be aware that AdaCore is moving away from ali files for cross
> referencing; that functionality is now provided by libadalang.

Can you elaborate? Presently we keep ALI files as build artifacts. 
Object files are not enough in order to avoid recompilation. What comes 
instead?

BTW, could be broken GPS in the latest GNAT community a result of these 
efforts?

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