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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Pointer function parameter
Date: 2000/10/18
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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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