Why not try Checked_Conversion?

["Petter Fryklund" <qsbpefr@esavionics.se>]

Ie if you have

subtype Num_T is Natural range 0 .. 3;

type Enum_T is (Not_Started, Started, Stopped, Gone);

function Checked_Conversion (Num : Num_T) return Enum_T is
begin
    case Num is
        when 0 => return Not_Started;
        when 1 => return Started;
        when 2 => return Stopped;
        when 3 => return Gone;
    end case;
end Checked_Conversion;

Lele wrote in message <9fnbtt$ild$1@e3k.asi.ansaldo.it>...
>Hi!
>I'm a misterious reader...just because I've read for a month this NG
without
>take part.
>I'm a beginner ADA programmer (what a wonderful language!) and I've a
>problem...
>
>I should convert data types and record data types from one type to another,
>since now I've
>used the address attribute to point the same memory space and so accede to
>from one type
>to another. Ada provides features for bypassing certain language
>restrictions and these
>features are unchecked; it is the programmer's responsibility to make sure
>that they do
>not violate the assumptions of the rest of the program. Are there
particular
>risks about using Unchecked_Conversion? Is it a better approach  the
address
>attribute?
>
>Thanks!
>
>