Re: Unconstrained type Unchecked_Deallocation

[Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>]

In article <lup5csoc69dj9ko2q7fbdduf8n0i4h09ll@4ax.com>,
  Andy Askey <ajaskey@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I have a byte array type that is used to generate byte-arrays
> dynamically.  I want to dynamically deallocate these byte-arrays. Can
> I use the following to deallocate memory?
> package tst_pkg is
>   type Byte_Atype is array (integer range <>) of character;
>   type Byte_Ptype is access Byte_Atype;
>
>   procedure Free(The_Array : in out Byte_Ptype);
> end tst_pkg;
>
> package body tst_pkg is
>   procedure Deallocate is new Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation(
>         Byte_Atype, Byte_Ptype);
>
>   procedure Free(The_Array : in out Byte_Ptype) is
>   begin
>      Deallocate(The_Array);
>   end;
> end tst_pkg;

That ought to work just fine. However, I don't see the benifit of doing
this over just naming the instantiation of Unchecked_Deallocation "Free"
in the first place. They have the same parameter profile and the same
mission.


> The real question is will the Free procedure deallocate all the bytes
> allocated with the following?
>
> my_bytes : Byte_Ptype;
> begin
>    my_bytes := new Byte_Atype(1..100);
>    tst_pkg.Free(my_bytes);
> end;

Of course. If not, your compiler is seriously broken!

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