From: NiGHTS <nights@unku.us>
Subject: Error: "non-local pointer cannot point to a local object"
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:20:57 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2018-09-11T15:20:57-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7a6b1ae7-f142-458d-ab01-c36c8ed30659@googlegroups.com> (raw)
As the subject line indicates, I am having a compile error which I am having difficulty solving.
I have two distinct records, in this example called "Master_Record" and "Working_Record". One contains an Integer, the other a "pointer" to that Integer. In this context, Working_Record depends on Master_Record. There can be many Working_Record instances for a single Master_Record. The Copy function is intended to enforce this rule by acting as an object factory, requiring an instance of Master_Record to create Working_Record. I know this isn't perfect, so any suggestions on a better strategy would be appreciated.
Ultimately the purpose of this is for Working_Record to be a copy-friendly record, where Master_Record is not intended to be used directly, except as a place to anchor the variable scope. The resulting code will be written as a library object containing two records just like I have here, as well as a Copy function. The user of this library object is expected to create an instance of Master_Record, then copy it to Working_Record.
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type Master_Record is record
Root : aliased Integer;
-- Here is where other general variables are kept
end record;
type Working_Record is record
Root_Pointer : access Integer;
-- Here is where specific instance variables are kept
end record;
function Copy (
Source : in out Master_Record
) return Working_Record is
begin
return (Root_Pointer => Source.Root'Access); -- << Error here >>
end Copy;
MR : Master_Record;
WR : Working_Record := Copy (MR);
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Any ideas on how to achieve this goal? I'm sure its something simple. Thanks in advance!
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2018-09-11 22:20 NiGHTS [this message]
2018-09-12 1:49 ` Error: "non-local pointer cannot point to a local object" Brad Moore
2018-09-12 14:41 ` NiGHTS
2018-09-12 6:05 ` rakusu_klein
2018-09-12 14:42 ` NiGHTS
2018-09-12 7:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-09-12 14:47 ` NiGHTS
2018-09-12 15:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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