libao Binding for the Ada Programming Language
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Overview
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This a thick binding, so the rough edges of C have all been filed off. In
particular:

 * ao_initialize/ao_shutdown are now automatic
 * ao_option/Option_List objects are deallocated when they go out of scope
 * ao_device/Device objects are automatically closed upon program end
 * All error codes have been converted to exceptions

A short example program is available in /example/.


Dependencies
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An Ada 2012 compiler and standard library (build)
A C compiler and standard library (build)
gprbuild (build)
libao (run)


Build Instructions
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Ensure that all dependencies are installed, including any developer or header
packages for libao. Then the following commands will build and install the
binding:

    gprbuild aao.gpr
    gprinstall -p -m aao.gpr

The other gpr file, example.gpr, can be used to build the short example
programs provided.


Further Information
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C API of libao:
https://xiph.org/ao/doc/libao-api.html


Credits and Legal
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This binding and the short Ada example were written by Jedidiah Barber.

The short C example program was written by Stan Seibert.

All code of this binding and example programs is released into the public
domain. Consult unlicense.txt and the header of the C example program for
further information.