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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: Writing Data to a file
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:30:43 +0100
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Date: 2011-12-16T14:30:43+01:00
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awdorrin <awdorrin@gmail.com> writes:

> The buffer is a block of memory that contains data, it could be text,
> integers, bytes, floating point numbers, whatever.

   type Whatever is ...;
   Buffer_Size : constant Natural := ...;
   type Buffer is array (1 .. Buffer_Size);

> The AREA_PTR is the starting address of the memory block.

   Area_Ptr : constant System.Address := ...;
   Data     : Buffer;
   for Data'Address use Area_Ptr;

> So since all I have is a System.Address and offsets, I believe I have
> to cast/convert this a Stream_Element_Array.

No need.  Just make sure your Ada data structure is located at the right
address (and has the right layout).

Jacob
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