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From: Martin Krischik <martin@krischik.com>
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Subject: Re: Converting
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:07:42 +0100
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conradwt@runbox.com wrote:

> Hi, I was wondering, could someone tell me the best way to convert s
> string literal to a subtype.  For example,
> 
> subtype A_Type.String is Standard.String;
> subtype B_Type_String is A_Type.String;

subtype don't need to be converted. Read:

Programming:Ada:Subtypes#type_vs._subtype

> Now, I would like to convert a string literal to B_Type_String.  BTW,
> the method that I'm calling requires the type B_Type_String.  Last but
> least, I using the most recent version of gnat to do the compile.  If
> anyone has any ideas as to the best way to resolve this issue and
> reducing the number of code changes, I would be most appreciative.
> Thanks in advance,

Read:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Ada:Subtypes#Converting_Data 

Checked convertion works on arrays as well

Martin

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