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From: 100331.2264@compuserve.com (R.J. Kirkbride)
Subject: GNAT Strings
Date: 1996/04/16
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Date: 1996-04-16T00:00:00+00:00
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Does anyone know how strings are stored in GNAT,
and thus how they can be sent from C.

I think a pointer is first sent to the string and then
a pointer to a structure containing first and last pointers
but I am not absolutely sure this is correct.

Any help would be much appreciated,

Rob.