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From: Al Johnston <sofeise@mindspring.com>
Subject: HOW? item_ptr := item'access
Date: 2000/04/11
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I am trying to get rid of some of are use of system.address/
unchecked_conversion as part of my port to ada95.  I have
run into a snag.  The line (full test case code follows this msg):
    t_DBase_Ptr : Database_Ptr_Typ := Database'access; <<< -----
compiler complans
causes a compiler error indicating that "database" must be
declare "aliased" that is
  database : aliased database_typ;
problem is that this object is never declared in
the ada code (it is created/destroyed in our c code) so there
is no place to do this.

Is there a way of doing the same thing useing "use"/"use at"?
what should I do to get this to work?

tnx,
         -al


package PDB is

  type Database_Typ  is limited private;

  type Database_Ptr_Typ  is access Database_Typ;

  procedure Close(Database : in out Database_Typ);

private

  type Database_Item;
  type Database_Typ is access Database_Item;

end PDB;

with PDB_C_Lib;
with system;

package body PDB is
  type Parameter_Item is new System.Address;
  type Database_Item  is new System.Address;

  procedure Close(Database : in out Database_Typ) is
    t_DBase_Ptr : Database_Ptr_Typ := Database'access; <<< -----
compiler complans
  begin
    PDB_C_Lib.pdb_close(t_DBase_Ptr);
  end Close;
end PDB;

package PDB_C_Lib is
  procedure pdb_close(Database_Ptr : PDB.Database_Ptr_Typ);
  pragma import(c,pdb_close,"pdb_close");
end PDB_C_Lib;

the c "pdb_close" routine sets the pointer (database_ptr) to null;