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Subject: Re: Converting pointers to non nul-terminated C "strings" to Ada
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On Feb 14, 6:58=A0am, xorquew...@googlemail.com wrote:

> Is it possible to properly convert unterminated C strings or do I
> need to start messing about with raw System.Address types?

I think you may need this from Interfaces.C (after all, what you're
looking at isn't a C string, which is what Interfaces.C.Strings is
for).

   function To_Ada
     (Item     : char_array;
      Trim_Nul : Boolean :=3D True) return String;

You'll need to define your own pointer-to-Interfaces.C.char_array, I
think.