From: "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org>
Subject: Re: Array access via pointer?
Date: 2000/08/03
Date: 2000-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8ami5.2464$SB4.219190@news.flash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wcc66pi304z.fsf@world.std.com
"Robert A Duff" <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote in message
news:wcc66pi304z.fsf@world.std.com...
> "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> writes:
>
> > "Michael Carman" <mjcarman@home.com> wrote in message
> > news:3988269B.D1DB4EA5@home.com...
> ...
> > > [To further complicate things, I can't use 'Access -- I'm trying to
keep
> > > my code Ada83 compatible -- I know how to work around it, it's just
> > > messier.]
>
> If you want to pass a pointer to an array, pass an access value, not an
> address. If you're stuck with Ada 83, then you will have to allocate
> the arrays in the heap, using 'new'.
No, you don't have to allocate the arrays in the heap -- so long as you're
willing to accept the risks of converting a System.Address to an access
type! (For the specific example I gave, the risks appear to be low in my
experience.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-08-03 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-08-01 0:00 Array access via pointer? Michael Carman
2000-08-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-08-02 0:00 ` Michael Carman
2000-08-03 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-08-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-08-03 0:00 ` Ken Garlington [this message]
2000-08-04 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-08-04 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-08-02 0:00 ` Markku Kotiaho
2000-08-02 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-08-02 0:00 ` Michael Carman
2000-08-02 0:00 ` tmoran
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