Re: A copy question....

[Dale Stanbrough <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au>]

Dale Stanbrough wrote:

> Convert the address to an access type using an instantiation of the 
> generic
> 
>    System.Address_To_Access_Conversions.To_Pointer
> 
> and then dereference the pointer generated by the function...
> 
>    function Address_To_Int_Pointer is new
>       To_Pointer (Int_Pointer);
> 
> ...
>    for i in Array'range loop
>       Array (i) := Address_To_Int_Pointer (Address).all;
>       Address := Address + Unsigned_32'Size/8;
>       -- i think there is a constant somewhere i should use instead of 8
>    end loop;


Silly me. I didn't check the code. System.Address_To_Access_Conversion
is a generic package, not a package with a generic function.
You'll need to instantiate it as...
  
   package To_Int_Pointers is
      new System.Address_To_Access_Conversion (Int_Pointer);

and then you'll call the To_Pointer function in this package.


Dale