Re: Where to place Ada (Gnat) libraries

[Matthew Woodcraft <mattheww@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

jmarant@nerim.net wrote:
>  I have a question: whydo we have to keep .adb files in the package
>  since .ads files are meant to contain the interface? (well, indeed
>  except from generics).

I don't know that we 'have to', but one reason to do so is that gnat can
inline subprograms across unit boundaries (-gnatn switch), but naturally
it needs access to the .adb file to do so. This is irrelevant unless the
package in question actually marks some subprograms as inline, of
course.

-M-


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