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Ada 2012 Reference Manual. Language and Standard Libraries

International Standard ISO/IEC 8652/2012 (E)

  • Gives an introduction to the changes and new features in Ada 2012 programming language
  • Programmers should read Ada 2012 Rationale before reading this manual
  • This third edition provides further flexibility and adds more standardized packages within the framework provided by the 1995 revision

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 8339)

Part of the book sub series: Programming and Software Engineering (LNPSE)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. General

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 1-9
  3. Lexical Elements

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 11-20
  4. Declarations and Types

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 21-94
  5. Names and Expressions

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 95-138
  6. Statements

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 139-151
  7. Subprograms

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 153-174
  8. Packages

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 175-192
  9. Visibility Rules

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 193-208
  10. Tasks and Synchronization

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 209-247
  11. Program Structure and Compilation Issues

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 249-264
  12. Exceptions

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 265-277
  13. Generic Units

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 279-298
  14. Representation Issues

    • S. Tucker Taft, Robert A. Duff, Randall L. Brukardt, Erhard Ploedereder, Pascal Leroy, Edmond Schonberg
    Pages 299-349
  15. Back Matter

About this book

The Ada 2012 Reference Manual is an enhanced version of the text of International Standard ISO/IEC 8652/2012(E) for the programming language Ada. The Ada 2012 Reference Manual combines all of the previous corrections of Technical Corrigendum 1 and Amendment 1 with changes and additions that improve the capabilities of the language and the reliability of programs written in the language. The Ada 2012 Reference Manual will replace the former versions as an indispensable working companion for anybody using Ada professionally or learning and studying the language systematically.

Editors and Affiliations

  • SofCheck, Inc., Burlington, USA

    S. Tucker Taft

  • AdaCore, New York, USA

    Robert A. Duff, Edmond Schonberg

  • AXE Consultants, Madison, USA

    Randall L. Brukardt

  • Institute of Software Technology,, University of Stuttgart,, Stuttgart, Germany

    Erhard Ploedereder

  • Google Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Pascal Leroy

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