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Subject: Re: Least Dangerous Way to Do This ?
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Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54590
Date: 2018-10-15T07:20:07-07:00
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sorry to reply to my own post.

Here is some C I am trying to redo in Ada:

int init_obj(char **test_ptr){
  (*test_ptr) = (char *)&foo ;
}

or in a struct/record, this is obviously just hacky code to try something out

typedef struct _obj 
{
int intty ;
char **procedure_pointer ;
} obj ;

int foo(int nothing){
 printf("this is foo in C \n")  ;
}

int init_obj(obj *obj_test){
  obj_test->intty             = 4 ;
  obj_test->procedure_pointer = (char **)&foo ;
}