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Subject: Re: Converting pointers to non nul-terminated C "strings" to Ada
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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:37:34 -0800 (PST)
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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:38:35 -0800 (PST), xorquewasp@googlemail.com wrote:
> > That does mean going outside of the RM, which is a bit unfortunate.
> > I'll keep it in mind, however.
>
> What do you mean by that? Interfaces.C.Pointers is a part of the standard
> Ada library.

Sorry, I was thinking of Interfaces.C.Extensions.

> One technique is to declare a huge flat array:
>

Thanks for that. I'll try it.