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From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@ada.eu.org>
Subject: Re: import a C function returning char *
Date: 1999/02/03
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>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:

Stephen> Is this going to work (I'll get around to compiling this
Stephen> soon)? I'm using GNAT 3.11p and ObjectAda 7.12 on Windows NT;
Stephen> what about other Ada compilers?

What do you think "Sbs_Read_Error'Length" would contain? You can't tell?
Neither can the compiler :-)

Use Interfaces.C.Strings.chars_ptr, since what you get from this C
function is only a pointer onto the beginning of the string (char *),
don't expect to get more just by writing it in Ada :-)

  Sam
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