Re: Ada and string literals

[Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@mail.com>]

Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> writes:

> On 13-01-30 02:44 , codeallergy wrote:
>> hi comp.lang.ada, 
>> 
>> question from a newcomer: Why ada does not allow using a string
>> literal with access type ?
>> 
>> abc : access string := "LITERAL"; -- error.
>
> Because, unlike C, Ada does not confuse arrays with pointers.
>
> This is the closest Ada equivalent:
>
>    Literal : aliased constant String := "LITERAL";
>    abc     : access constant String := Literal'Access;

More importantly, I cannot see why you would want an access to a string
literal.

Just use the string literal as a normal parameter, and let the compiler
worry about how to handle that.

Mart

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