John Barnes,
Reading, England

January 1995.
 

Acknowledgements

1. Evolution of Ada 95

1.1 The Revision Process
1.2 The Requirements
1.3 The Main User Needs
1.4 The Approach
1.5 Using this Document

2.1 Programming by Extension
2.2 Class Wide Programming
2.3 Abstract Types and Subprograms
2.4 Summary of Type Extension
2.5 Dynamic Selection
2.6 Other Access Types
2.7 Hierarchical Libraries
2.8 Private Child Units
2.9 Protected Types
2.10 Task Scheduling and Timing
2.11 Generic Parameters
2.12 Other Improvements
2.13 The Predefined Library
2.14 The Specialized Needs Annexes
2.15 Conclusion

3.1 Objects, Types, Classes and Operations

3.1.1 Objects and Their Types
3.1.2 Types, Classes and Views
3.1.3 Operations and Overloading
3.1.4 Class Wide Types and Dispatching
3.1.5 Abstraction and Static Evaluation

3.2 Statements, Expressions and Elaboration

3.2.1 Declarative Parts
3.2.2 Assignments and Control Structures
3.2.3 Expressions

3.3 System Construction

3.3.1 Program Units
3.3.2 Private Types and Information Hiding
3.3.3 Object Oriented Programming
3.3.4 Generic Units
3.3.5 Separate Compilation
3.3.6 Library Units
3.3.7 Program Composition
3.3.8 Interfacing to Other Languages

3.4 Multitasking

3.4.1 Tasks
3.4.2 Communication and Synchronization
3.4.3 Protected Objects
3.4.4 Protected Operations and Entries
3.4.5 Select Statements
3.4.6 Timing
3.4.7 Scheduling

3.5 Exception Handling
3.6 Low Level Programming

3.6.1 Pragmas
3.6.2 Specifying Representations
3.6.3 Unprotected Shared Variables
3.6.4 Unchecked Programming

3.7 Standard Library

3.7.1 Input Output

3.8 Application Specific Facilities
3.9 Summary

4.1 Reserved Words
4.2 Type Character
4.3 Library Package Bodies
4.4 Indefinite Generic Parameters
4.5 Numeric Error
4.6 Other Incompatibilities

4.6.1 Unlikely Inconsistencies
4.6.2 Unlikely Incompatibilities 68
4.6.3 Implementation Dependent Incompatibilities
4.6.4 Error Incompatibilities

4.7 Conclusion