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From: steved@pacifier.com@199.2.117.163   (Steve Doiel)
Subject: Re: GNAT Strings
Date: 1996/04/18
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Date: 1996-04-18T00:00:00+00:00
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In <4l0oiq$4e8@arl-news-svc-2.compuserve.com>, 100331.2264@compuserve.com (R.J. Kirkbride) writes:
>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.
>
Look to the package "Interfaces.c" in the file i-c.ads and you will find a
function:

     function To_Ada
     (Item     : in char_array;
      Trim_Nul : in Boolean := True)
      return     String;

This is probably the ticket you're looking for.