From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,45f3a057fa7b1dfe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 16:40:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newspeer.monmouth.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: slice'access? References: <3CEFF1FB.A7DE9298@acm.org> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <_gVH8.619$9J7.68226356@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.115.104.238 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1022369978 ST000 67.115.104.238 (Sat, 25 May 2002 19:39:38 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 19:39:38 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJSCTS@[SPTX\JKXOFXBWR\HPCTL@XT^OBPLAH[\RYIBK^RAQFW[ML\THRCKV^GGZKJMGV^^_JSCFFUA_QXFGVSCYRPILH]TRVKC^LSN@DX_HCAFX__@J\DAJBVMY\ZWZCZLPA^MVH_P@\\EOMW\YSXHG__IJQY_@M[A[[AXQ_XDSTAR]\PG]NVAQUVM Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 23:39:38 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24809 Date: 2002-05-25T23:39:38+00:00 List-Id: > Slice : aliased String := S (X .. Y); > Ptr : String_Pointer; > begin > Ptr := Slice'[Unchecked_]Access; But that's a pointer to a string, not a slice. The string is initialized by copying, which is what I'm trying to avoid.