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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: HOW? item_ptr := item'access
Date: 2000/04/12
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In article <38F34D00.FA32AC68@mindspring.com>,
  Al Johnston <sofeise@mindspring.com> wrote:

>   procedure Close(Database : in out Database_Typ) is
>     t_DBase_Ptr : Database_Ptr_Typ := Database'access; <<< -----
> compiler complans
>   begin
>     PDB_C_Lib.pdb_close(t_DBase_Ptr);
>   end Close;
> end PDB;


So "Close" is only ever called from C? In that case, why not change that
parameter to "Database_Ptr : in Database_Ptr_Typ"? It does the same
thing from the C side, but gives you the type you need to work with on
the Ada side.


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