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Subject: Re: Unchecked_Conversion help needed
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>            Message : in System.Address;
>            Bytes   : in Positive;
>...
>What I would like to do is print out the message on the receiving side.
>
>Is this possible using unchecked_conversion ?
  Much is possible using unchecked_conversion.  But why not something like:
    Actual_Message : String(Positive);
    for Actual_Message'address use Message;
    ...
    Ada.Text_IO.Put(Actual_Message(1 .. Bytes));