Re: Q: Line_IO

[Georg Bauhaus <see.reply.to@maps.futureapps.de>]

Robert A Duff wrote:
> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

>>    procedure Print (Item : String) is
>>       subtype Index is Stream_Element_Offset range 1..Item'Length;
>>       subtype XBytes is Stream_Element_Array (Index);
>>       Alias : XBytes;
>>       for Alias'Address use Item'Address;
>>    begin
>>       Stream_IO.Write (Stdout, Alias);
>>       ...   
>>
>> P.S. The superimposed object shall not have initializers.
> 
> If it has default initialization, you can suppress it using:
> 
>     pragma Import (Ada, Alias);
> 
> See 13.3(12.c) and B.1(38,38.a).

I guess the "superimposed" object is Item, superimposed onto Alias?