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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:57:03 +0200
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Brian,

> I have had trouble with this in the past - the documented linker options
> apparently didn't work (around the 2008 timeframe - may not still be true) and
> Pragma Storage_Size only worked for new tasks, not the main program..

Right, that's why you need to tell the linker about the proper stack
size you need.

> I resorted to dynamic allocation on the heap, and renaming to hide the pointer
> dereference. So, given
> my_array_type is array (positive range <>, positive range <>) of float;
> 
> I replaced
> 
> my_array: my_array_type (1..10000,  1..10000);
> 
> with
> 
> my_array_ptr : access my_array_type := new my_array_type (1..10000,  1..10000);
> my_array : my_array_type renames my_array_ptr.all;

Ok, fine, that's indeed a workaround to this problem.

Pascal.

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