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From: Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net>
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Subject: Re: segfault with large-ish array with GNAT
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:22:35 -0700 (PDT)
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On Mar 19, 5:04=A0am, Brian Drummond <brian_drumm...@btconnect.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:45:25 -0700 (PDT), Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wr=
ote:
> >But it seems that I will have to allocate memory for large objects
> >using pointers (and thus take the memory from the heap). Is that
> >right?
>
> I believe so.
> But code using the array can be written as normal, with a "my_array ... r=
enames
> my_array_ptr.all" clause to hide the pointer.
>
> - Brian

Cool tip. Thanks.
Jerry