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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Ada and string literals
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:08:12 +0200
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On 13-01-30 02:44 , codeallergy wrote:
> hi comp.lang.ada, 
> 
> question from a newcomer: Why ada does not allow using a string literal with access type ?
> 
> abc : access string := "LITERAL"; -- error.

Because, unlike C, Ada does not confuse arrays with pointers.

This is the closest Ada equivalent:

   Literal : aliased constant String := "LITERAL";
   abc     : access constant String := Literal'Access;

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