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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Interfaces.C.Pointers
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I seems to me that Interfaces.C.Pointers really isn't just about C
pointers (though that may be its main use), but the Value functions
let you convert a pointer to an element to a pointer to an array
of variable size.
  type general_array_type is array(integer range <>) of integer;
  procedure p(pi : access integer; length : natural) is

  type static is array(1 .. 3) of integer;
  x : static;
  p(x(x'first),3);
Inside procedure p, by using Interfaces.C.Pointers, you can
  my_copy : general_array_type := value(pi, ptrdiff_t(length));
Am I misunderstanding?