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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>
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Subject: Re: Interfacing with C: access/out parameters
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:46:54 +0200
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Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> I would not advise using an overlay if you want to insure portability. 
> For a convention C function, Ada automatically converts parameters of 
> composite types to pointers (see Annex B), so you can "cheat" and use 
> this fact to pass a pointer to your record. I've done a similar thing in 
> a binding to fgets:

I see. I was reticent to use this trick but if it is more portable I'll 
consider it again.

Thanks!