From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,35ee0472de38e833 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-11 21:19:23 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!216.227.56.88.MISMATCH!telocity-west!TELOCITY!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!xfer13.netnews.com!netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A35B58D.40D636F7@acm.org> From: Jeff Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Variable length raw-byte data References: <976563484.10868.0.nnrp-01.c1ed21d4@news.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 05:19:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.121.233.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 976598361 165.121.233.185 (Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:19:21 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:19:21 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:2979 Date: 2000-12-12T05:19:21+00:00 List-Id: Often, you can receive the pointer as an address and use it for an object. type Byte_List is array (Positive range <>) of Unsigned_8; C_Thing (Length, Pointer); Use_Thing : declare Thing : Byte_List (1 .. Length); for Thing'Address use Pointer; begin -- Use_Thing ... end Use_Thing; -- Jeff Carter "I blow my nose on you." Monty Python & the Holy Grail