Compatibility and Porting Guide (GNAT Reference Manual) (original) (raw)

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This chapter presents some guidelines for developing portable Ada code, describes the compatibility issues that may arise between GNAT and other Ada compilation systems (including those for Ada 83), and shows how GNAT can expedite porting applications developed in other Ada environments.

• Writing Portable Fixed-Point Declarations
• Compatibility with Ada 83
• Compatibility between Ada 95 and Ada 2005
• Implementation-dependent characteristics
• Compatibility with Other Ada Systems
• Representation Clauses
• Compatibility with HP Ada 83