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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Function Calls by Address
Date: 1999/08/30
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In article <37CAEA5C.11A23940@pwfl.com>,
  e108678@pwflcom wrote:
> Craig Jameson wrote:
>
> > Does any one know how to make dynamic function calls in
Ada83.
> > I am writing an application using AIX Motif bindings and I
> > need to create a dynamic list of functions to be called when
> > a particular X event is dispatched.  Any ideas on how to
> > create and use such a list?
>
> If I understand what you are trying to do

OOPS, you don't understand :-) :-)
You missed the all important digits 83 in the above message!

Indeed in Ada 95 it is straightforward, nothing messy about
it (despite your concern), but in Ada 83, there is no solution.


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