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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Pointer function parameter
Date: 2000/10/18
Date: 2000-10-18T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8sktqh$c96$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.10.10010171217210.17222-100000@lexis.di.fct.unl.pt

In article
<Pine.LNX.4.10.10010171217210.17222-100000@lexis.di.fct.unl.pt>,
  comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org wrote:
> Ada access types serve most pointer necessities. In this vein,
the
> Ada expression X'Access is the equivalent of the C expression
&X (X being
> an object).


Misleading, since &x is a somewhat fundamental C diction,
whereas X'Access is rather specialized, and has few legitimate
uses outside certain well defined areas (including for example
interfacing to C functions :-)


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  reply	other threads:[~2000-10-18  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-10-16  0:00 Pointer function parameter Mary
2000-10-17  0:00 ` Gautier
2000-10-17  0:00 ` tmoran
2000-10-17  0:00 ` Mario Amado Alves
2000-10-18  0:00   ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-10-18  0:00   ` Florian Weimer
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-10-19  0:00 Mario Amado Alves
2000-10-19  0:00 ` tmoran
2000-10-19  0:00   ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-21  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-23  0:00     ` Alejandro Villanueva
2000-10-24  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-24  0:00         ` Alejandro Villanueva
2000-10-24  0:00           ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-24  0:00             ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2000-10-24 22:32           ` Mats Weber
2000-10-30 15:24           ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-30 15:44             ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-30 18:53               ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-31  1:48                 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-31 12:40                   ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-31 14:08                     ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-11-01 17:59             ` Mats Weber
2000-11-03  0:00               ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-19  0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-10-21  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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