ADS File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
Format Name Ada Specification File
File Extension .ads
MIME Type text/x-ada
File Type Text
Primary Use Source Code
Associated Language Ada
Character Encoding ASCII or Unicode
Used for Package Specifications
Contains Declarations, Subprogram Specifications
Linked with .adb (Ada Body File)
Compiler GNAT, AdaCore
Keywords Use package, is, end
Common Directives with, use
Comment Syntax -- (double dash)
Type System Strong, statically typed
Concurrency Supported through tasks
Exception Handling Supported
Generic Programming Supported
Compilation Unit Separate compilation and linking
Version Control Friendly Yes