Creating a Compiler-Independent Socket Library
The Ada Awards Committee has nominated for an award the task of creating a compiler-independent socket library named Sockets.
Motivation
Portability is an important aspect of Ada. Currently there is only GNAT.Sockets and AdaSockets, both GNAT specific and both bindings. The goals of the Ada Awards would be furthered by a compiler-independent library (not a binding). Sockets should cover at a minimum the functionality of GNAT.Sockets and GNAT.Sockets.Poll.
Goals
The final deliverables are the Sockets library, well documented in package specifications and any additional documentation needed, and a demonstration of its use in a modification of the Ada-GUI sample implementation that uses the library in place of GNAT.Sockets.
The library will conform to an existing, consistent, and well reasoned coding standard such as the PragmAda Coding Standard. All Ada will be Ada 12 and demonstrated on multiple Ada-12 compilers (currently GNAT and ObjectAda).
Milestones
Part 1 (Award: 150 EUR)
- The library
- The internal documentation
- Any external documentation
Part 2 (Award: 150 EUR)
- A version of the Ada-GUI sample implementation that uses the library
- Versions of the Show_All test program created with multiple compilers
Guidelines and further indications
The general Ada Awards Guidelines apply to this proposal for those who want to participate. For open, technical discussions on this topic or project, feel free to open topics under the Active Projects forum category.
Best regards,
The Ada Awards Committee.
