• Each subsystem can define which of its sources are visible to other subsystems. An error is reported when a dependency on a non-visible source of a different subsystem is detected.
• A new GPRbuild option limits source dependency to immediately “with”ed projects.

This new release has addressed all issues reported after the 6.1.1 GNAT Pro release.

We encourage all GNAT Pro users to upgrade to this new builder technology. As a reminder, using or upgrading GPRbuild does not require a change of compilers and therefore does not imply changing code generators. All the GNAT Pro compilers released over the last 5 years are in fact supported by GPRbuild.

GPRbuild 1.1.0 can be downloaded from the “Tools” folder in the “Download” section on GNAT Tracker. As always, for questions, or to inform us of issues that you encounter, please let us know through the GNAT Tracker report facility or by email to the usual report@adacore.com address.

GNATbench 2.1.0 introduces the following features among others:

Project Management and Presentation

• - Independent Project Hierarchies
• - Cleaning Project Hierarchies
• - Fully Restorable Projects
• - Problems View Entries for GNAT Project Files

Language-Sensitive Editor Enhancements

• - “Quick Fix” for Ada
• - Smart Space Key
• - Automatic Construct Closing
• - Smart Tab Key
• - Smart Enter Key
• - Text and Comment Lines Refilled Against Margin
• - Special Coloring for “Annotation Comments”
• - The “Show In” Contextual Menu Entry Supported
• - Improved Comment Block Selection
• - Standard Parenthesis Highlighting
• - Integration of Code Formatting Features
• - Recent Chosen Completions Displayed at the Top

Additional Wizards

• - A “New Ada Source Folder” Wizard
• - A “New Ada Source File” Wizard
• - Additonal “New Ada Project Wizard”

Builder Enhancements

• - Altered Ada Files Saved Automatically
• - Console View Visible Automatically
• - Persistent Scenario Variable Settings
• - Builder Command Key Bindings
• - Compiling Individual Files via the Ada Project Explorer
• - Toolchain Selection
• - Linker Messages In the Problems View

Source Code Navigation Enhancements

• - Enhanced Open Declaration / Open Body Actions
• - Next / Previous Subprogram and Entry Navigation

Miscellaneous Improvements

• - Ada Project Explorer Support for Double-Click Actions
• - New “Ada” Category for GNAT Import Wizard
• - Additional Icon Decorations in Ada Project Explorer

• - Additional GNAT Pro platforms incorporating the gcc 4.1 code generator (this code generator will now be included on most platforms)


• - Upgrade of the debugging engine, based on gdb 6.6


• - Improvement in robustness and efficiency for Ada 2005 features


• - Better real-time support on win32 platforms


• - Thread-safe profiling with gprof, on several platforms


• - Increased coverage analysis support for Ada in the gcov tool


• - New warnings to help programmers detect errors earlier


• - GNAT Pro companion tools such as gnatcheck, gnatpp and gnatmetric are being enhanced to support a wider variety of coding styles and coding standards.

The 6.1.1 release also includes an enhanced version of the GNAT Programming Studio (GPS) IDE. GPS 4.2.1 is compatible with GNAT Pro versions 3.16a1 up to 6.1.

• - Graphical support for code coverage (gcov)
• - Improved documentation generation with faster, improved HTML output using CSS and javascript
• - Enhanced code completion, including support for the Object.Method syntax as provided in Ada 2005.
• - Full ability to manage files and directories from GPS
• - Source editor improvements - better tooltips, source navigation and indentation
• - Improved handling of dispatching calls and primitives, enabling better understanding (prior to run time) of which subprograms will be executed

New plug-ins, including:

• - Support for code verification through gnatcheck
• - Support for addr2line
• - Listing of unused entities (replaces gnatxref)
• - Display of dependency paths across files
• - Ability to cut/copy/paste in contextual menu
• - Recomputation of Ada cross references

GPS 4.2.0 is compatible with GNAT Pro versions 3.16a1 up to 6.1.

To view the archived webinar (including demo) featuring GPS 4.2.0, please click here.

• - Interface to .NET class library
• - Efficient mapping of Ada features (such as tasks, exceptions, tagged types, interfaces) to constructs of the .NET CLI
• - Support for Microsoft’s CLR debugger and Microsoft Visual Studio
• - CIL (Common Intermediate Language) to Ada binder, easing the integration of external code with an Ada application

• - Standard Eclipse 3.2 (Windows and Linux)
• - Wind River’s Workbench 2.5 (Windows)
• - Workbench 2.6 (Windows and Linux)

• - Support for Ada 2005, Ada 95, and Ada 83
• - Full Ada perspective
• - Automatic code completion after the dot in unit names or record object names, for subprogram formal parameters, and simple identifiers
• - Wizards for creating new Ada projects
• - Enhanced Ada Project Explorer
• - Increased responsiveness and reliability
• - New GNAT Project File editor with syntax highlighting
• - Enhanced Ada editor, allowing color selection for numeric literals
• - Automatic generation of package bodies from package declarations
• - Changes to GNAT project files are effective immediately without having to restart
• - New extended and enhanced User’s Guide, including tutorials for building systems from initial project creation through executable generation

• Workbench 2.6 support, in addition to Workbench 2.5
• - Enhanced Import wizard for creation of new projects from existing GNAT projects, including configuration as Downloadable Kernel Module (DKM) and Real Time Process (RTP) projects
• - Debugging Ada tasks is supported
• - Wizards for creating new projects warn if an unsupported build spec is selected
• - Visible views added to the Application Development perspective, and view shortcuts for the views that are not automatically visible

• - Eclipse 3.2 support
• - Support for both native- and cross-compilation
• - Builder Console display
• - Project “Clean”, “Build”, and “Rebuild” commands
• - Automatic syntax and semantic analysis on Ada files
• - User-defined builder commands
• - New toolbar for Ada element creation (new projects, new files)
• - Automatic refreshes after a command so tool results can be seen (executables, automatically generated package bodies, etc.)

• ia64-sgi_linux
• ia64-hp_linux
• pa-hpux
• sparc-solaris
• sparc64-solaris
• x86-linux
• x86-solaris
• x86-windows
• x86_64-linux

• - an improved Outline View, with new design and features
• - python and pygtk available on all platforms allowing powerful scripting and customized dialog
• - enhanced support for plug-ins with many new plug-ins available
• - a more powerful smart completion engine and GUI
• - local VCS file changes history
• - keyboard macros
• - automatic fixing of many new compiler messages
• - an improved Emacs emulation
• - a new quick search interface
• - support for AUnit 2.0

For more information on the GNAT Programming Studio, please click here.

• - An improved, user-friendly design providing easier information retrieval.
• - A redesigned ‘dashboard’ providing a better overview and access to tickets, wavefronts, and technology downloads.
• - A streamlined process for reporting technical issues. Easier access to useful information concerning your GNAT Pro subscription.
• - Access to the Getting Started Guide.
• - Access to AdaCore’s Developer Center directly via GNAT Tracker.

For more information on GNAT Tracker, please click here.

• - An improved, user-friendly design providing easier information retrieval
• - A redesigned ‘dashboard’ providing a better overview and access to tickets, wavefronts, and technology downloads
• - A streamlined process for reporting technical issues
• - Easier access to useful information concerning your GNAT Pro subscription
• - Access to the Getting Started Guide
• - Access to AdaCore’s Developer Center directly via GNAT Tracker

The 6.0.1 release also includes an enhanced version of the GNAT Programming Studio (GPS) IDE. GPS 4.1.0 offers programmers improved usability and efficiency through an advanced Outline View complete with new design and new features. Python and pygtk enable powerful scripting and customized dialog capabilities and are now supported on all platforms. Developers can make use of a wider range of plug-ins more effectively from within GPS thanks to enhanced support. A more intelligent smart completion engine coupled with automatic fixing for more compiler messages enables an all round smoother development process.

For more info on GNAT Pro 6.0.1 please click here.

• - support for Ada, C and C++ by default
• - support for multi-language libraries
• - support for new languages and/or toolchains through configuration files
• - independence from a specific GNAT Pro version (that is, the same gprmake will work with different GNAT Pro releases).

A beta program for the new gprmake will be initiated later in 2007 and will be open to all AdaCore customers.