Re: How to use Annex G.3 Vectors and Matrices in bindings to C arrays

["Jerry" <lanceboyle@qwest.net>]

Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
>
> > The related array definitions are:
> >     type Long_Float_Array_1D is array (Integer range <>) of aliased
> > Long_Float;
> >     type Long_Float_Array_2D is array (Integer range <>, Integer range
> > <>) of aliased Long_Float;
> >
> > The "thin" binding Ada procedure plmeshc is defined:
> >     procedure plmeshc(x : PL_Float_Array; y : PL_Float_Array; z :
> > PL_Float_Array_2D; nx : PLINT; ny : PLINT; opt : PLINT;
> >           clevel : PL_Float_Array; nlevel : PLINT);
> >     pragma Import(C, plmeshc, "c_plmeshc");
>
> The declarations of the PL_... types would be useful, too, though we can
> make a good guess from the C.
>

They are:
    subtype PL_Float_Array is My_Common.Long_Float_Array_1D;
 My_Common is with-ed and defines Long_Float_Array_1D as above.
    subtype PLINT  is Integer;

I'm still chewing on the address-to-access idea. It may not be elegant
or Ada-like but I want to get a general solution to this 2D array - to
- C problem that doesn't have such a speed hit as copying things. For
plotting it might not be too much of an issue but I suspect that I'll
have to face this again in the GNU Scientific Library binding and the
speed issue is more important there.

Thanks,
Jerry