Re: Get_Line vs Adasockets

[Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>]

indeed, i've never come across a compiler that didn't do this, but
shouldn't we be writing to avoid as many portability issues as
possible? it seems just as easy to use this standard generic as
it does to use unchecked_conversion and we get the portability as
a freebie.

tmoran@bix.com wrote:
> 
> >Perhaps one of the language lawyers could comment on the use of
> >unchecked_conversion to (I assume) convert from an address to an access type?
>   It's not required to do what you want, but often does.
> 
> >I thought that was the purpose of the standard package
> >System.Address_To_Access_Conversions?
>   Yes.  That is supposed to do what you want.

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