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Ada manuals: difference between annotated and consolidated


what's the difference between the Consolidated Ada Reference Manual 2005 Edition (ISO/IEC 8652:2007(E), Ed. 3) from Springer and the Annotated Ada Reference Manual (ISO/IEC 8652:1995(E)) 2005 Edition? The Annotated Ada Reference Manual is marked as Draft 16. If I understand correctly, the consolidated version is the final version of the annotated one. Am I right?

Thanks a lot...


Solution

  • The annotated reference manual contains supplementary notes and information about the contents of the reference manual, largely intended to assist compiler implementers. If you take the Consolidated Ada Reference Manual and add annotations, you end up with the Annotated Ada Reference Manual. The definitional reference text will be identical, the annotations then are commentary upon the content of the reference manual.