importing a C header into Ada

From: Adrien Plisson (aplisson-news_at_stochastique.net)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:10:26 +0200

hello,

maybe this topic has already been discussed here, but i can't find any
information about that.

i have a specific hardware (an i/o board) that i have to use in a system i am
developing. unfortunately, the manufacturer of this hardware knows nothing
about Ada and so gives only a C header file and the corresponding .lib file to
interface with the driver.

i know it is possible to import C functions into Ada through Pragma Import, but
the header file is somehow big and i don't want to make any mistake while
writing the functions definitions.

so, is there any piece of software which would automagically convert my C
header into a valid Ada package specification ?

(i am using GNAT 3.15p on windows)

thanks in advance. 

-- 
rien

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