From: kst@king.cts.com (Keith Thompson)
Subject: Re: pointers to unconstrained arrays
Date: 1997/11/17
Date: 1997-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <879749280.471845@wagasa.cts.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mheaney-ya023680001611972211100001@news.ni.net
Matthew Heaney (mheaney@ni.net) wrote:
[...]
> Why not do this
>
> Buffer : Buffer_Type (1 .. 5);
> for Buffer'Address use System.ItoA (16#B000#);
> begin
>
> and then refer to Buffer directly?
Good idea, except that there's no ItoA function in System (though some
implementations may (unwisely, IMHO) provide such a function).
Try System.Storage_Elements.To_Address.
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