Ada® in Practice

In: Springer Books on Professional Computing

Abstract

1. Naming Conventions -- 1.1 Guidelines for the Selection of Identifiers -- Problem: Naming Entities in a Message-Switch Program -- 2. Types -- 2.1 Discrete Types -- 2.2 Implementation of Set Types -- 2.3 Constant Array Declarations -- 2.4 Record Types -- 2.5 Recursive Type Definitions -- 3. Coding Paradigms -- 3.1 Use of Slices -- 3.2 Short Circuit Control Forms -- 3.3 Loop Statements -- 3.4 Use of Block Statements for Local Renaming -- 4. Exceptions -- 4.1 The Use of Exceptions -- 5. Program Structure -- 5.1 Specifying Interfaces for General Purpose, Portable Software: A Study of Ada Input/Output -- 5.2 Information Hiding -- 5.3 Reducing Depth of Nesting -- 5.4 Library Units Versus Subunits -- 6. Ada Life Cycle Design Methodology -- 6.1 Problem Analysis -- 6.2 Requirements Definition -- 6.3 High-Level Design -- 6.4 Low-Level Design -- 6.5 Coding -- 6.6 Unit Testing -- 6.7 Integration Testing -- 6.8 Acceptance Testing -- 6.9 Maintenance -- Appendix A. Areos for Future Study -- A.1 Design Issues -- A.2 Data Abstraction Issues -- A.3 Additional Naming Conventions -- A.4 Additional Coding Paradigms -- A.5 Operational Issues -- Appendix B. Bibliography.