How are calls to Ada library packages converted (wind32, calendar, text_io)

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  Instances of Ada generic packages are expanded at compile-time into non-generic code C/C++. Generic packages themselves do not translate into anything in the C/C++ code. We can provide assistance in a semi-manual procedure for generating C++ ...

• How is memory allocation/deallocation converted?

  The standard C library malloc and free routines are called. If using OS Abstractor, these are generally converted into calls on the RTOS malloc/free calls.

• How are Ada exceptions converted?

  If you are generating C++ rather than C, Ada exceptions are translated into C++ exceptions.

• I understand Ada-C/C++ Changer includes a C/C++ debugger. Does it also include an Ada source level debugger?

  Limited Ada source level debugging is supported and it is roughly similar to what is supported by "yacc," where we can associate the Ada source code and the Ada line numbers with particular locations in the C/C++ source code, using "#line" ...

• Which ada constructs does your tool NOT support?

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