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From: dewi@cableol.co.uk (Dewi Daniels)
Subject: Re: Ada 83 - avoiding unchecked conversions.
Date: 1996/12/11
Date: 1996-12-11T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <32b03008.564464@netnews.worldnet.att.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 32AED68A.48BE@aisf.com


On Wed, 11 Dec 1996 07:43:07 -0800, "Chris Sparks (Mr. Ada)"
<sparks@AISF.COM> wrote:

>  The_Record_Address : constant System.Address :=3D The_Record'Address;
>  Result             : Integer_32;
>  for Result'Address use The_Record_Address;  -- New way
>--for Result      use at The_Record_Address;  -- Old way

Ada 83 prohibits the use of address clauses to alias two variables
(LRM 13.5). I believe it's legal in Ada 95. My preference would be to
use an unchecked conversion.
--=20
Dewi Daniels
Marietta, Georgia




  parent reply	other threads:[~1996-12-11  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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1996-12-11  0:00 ` Ada 83 - avoiding unchecked conversions Chris Sparks (Mr. Ada)
1996-12-11  0:00   ` Matthew Heaney
1996-12-12  0:00     ` Chris Brand
1996-12-13  0:00       ` Stephen Leake
1996-12-14  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-12-14  0:00     ` BGaffney42
1996-12-11  0:00   ` Dewi Daniels [this message]
1996-12-12  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1996-12-17  0:00       ` Eric Miller
1996-12-18  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-18  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-12-19  0:00           ` Keith Thompson
1996-12-26  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-19  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-11-27  0:00 Ensco Vendor
1996-11-27  0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-11-29  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-01  0:00   ` Darel Cullen
1996-11-30  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-11  0:00     ` Richard Riehle
1996-12-02  0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1996-12-10  0:00   ` Matthew Heaney
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