Ada_Arrays Project

From: M?rio Amado Alves (amado.alves_at_netcabo.pt)
Date: 11/27/03 

Date: 27 Nov 2003 04:08:56 -0800

(Sorry for duplicates. I've sent this message before via
comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org but for some reason it does not seem to
have reached the newsgroup. I'm using Google now, so my replies will
be tardy.)

I'm entertaining the idea of a generic package Ada_Arrays and children
where Ada_Arrays is like Ada.Strings except the element type is
generic instead of Character.

Anybody besides me foresees the great usefulness of Ada_Arrays?
Anybody did it?
Anybody interested in collaborating?

I'm considering doing it by program(med) transformation of existing
source-code for Ada.Strings. My first studies indicate semantic
analysis is required, so this might configure an ASIS application.

(I'm also interested in this project as a test case for open source
software licensing. I'd like to release it under a "commercial open
source" license like one of those endorsed by the Software Developers
Cooperative (www.softdevelcoop.org). Specially if done by way of
program transformation from the GPLed GNAT, the licensing of
Ada_Arrays is a complex issue.)

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