Re: Unbounded string deallocation

[Andy Askey <askeya@res.raytheon.com>]

Thanx to all who provided info.  It appears the unbound strings
allocation/deallocation will significantly reduce the amount of code I
will have to write for my application.

Andy

Andy Askey wrote:
> 
> I am looking into using Ada.Strings.Unbounded for dynamically creating
> temporary storage of character arrays.  When I am finished processing
> the string, I want to deallocate it.  I found a "Free" routine in the
> spec but this uses a pointer to STRING and not UNBOUNDED_STRING.
> 
> From the Apex ada.strings.unbounded.1.ada =>
> 
>  type Unbounded_String is private;
>  type String_Access is access all String;
>  procedure Free (X : in out String_Access);
> 
> Can anyone help me out with the deallocation?  Anyone have a better idea
> for dynamically allocating and deallocating memory for a small to medium
> size byte array?
> 
> Thanx.
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|                 Andy Askey                      |
|              Software Engineer                  |
|           Raytheon Systems Company              |
|   670 Discovery Drive, Huntsville, AL  35806    |
|   Phone: (256) 971-2367  Fax: (256) 971-2306    |
|        andrew_j_askey@res.raytheon.com          |
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