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From: kst@king.cts.com (Keith Thompson)
Subject: Re: pointers to unconstrained arrays
Date: 1997/11/17
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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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