From 07162fa301835387e4da4278326ec1ff45d1dc3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aki Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:52:57 +0200 Subject: Squashed 'zlib/' content from commit cacf7f1 git-subtree-dir: zlib git-subtree-split: cacf7f1d4e3d44d871b605da3b647f07d718623f --- contrib/ada/readme.txt | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+) create mode 100644 contrib/ada/readme.txt (limited to 'contrib/ada/readme.txt') diff --git a/contrib/ada/readme.txt b/contrib/ada/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce4d2ca --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/ada/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ + ZLib for Ada thick binding (ZLib.Ada) + Release 1.3 + +ZLib.Ada is a thick binding interface to the popular ZLib data +compression library, available at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/. +It provides Ada-style access to the ZLib C library. + + + Here are the main changes since ZLib.Ada 1.2: + +- Attension: ZLib.Read generic routine have a initialization requirement + for Read_Last parameter now. It is a bit incompartible with previous version, + but extends functionality, we could use new parameters Allow_Read_Some and + Flush now. + +- Added Is_Open routines to ZLib and ZLib.Streams packages. + +- Add pragma Assert to check Stream_Element is 8 bit. + +- Fix extraction to buffer with exact known decompressed size. Error reported by + Steve Sangwine. + +- Fix definition of ULong (changed to unsigned_long), fix regression on 64 bits + computers. Patch provided by Pascal Obry. + +- Add Status_Error exception definition. + +- Add pragma Assertion that Ada.Streams.Stream_Element size is 8 bit. + + + How to build ZLib.Ada under GNAT + +You should have the ZLib library already build on your computer, before +building ZLib.Ada. Make the directory of ZLib.Ada sources current and +issue the command: + + gnatmake test -largs -L -lz + +Or use the GNAT project file build for GNAT 3.15 or later: + + gnatmake -Pzlib.gpr -L + + + How to build ZLib.Ada under Aonix ObjectAda for Win32 7.2.2 + +1. Make a project with all *.ads and *.adb files from the distribution. +2. Build the libz.a library from the ZLib C sources. +3. Rename libz.a to z.lib. +4. Add the library z.lib to the project. +5. Add the libc.lib library from the ObjectAda distribution to the project. +6. Build the executable using test.adb as a main procedure. + + + How to use ZLib.Ada + +The source files test.adb and read.adb are small demo programs that show +the main functionality of ZLib.Ada. + +The routines from the package specifications are commented. + + +Homepage: http://zlib-ada.sourceforge.net/ +Author: Dmitriy Anisimkov + +Contributors: Pascal Obry , Steve Sangwine -- cgit v1.1