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From: Dale Stanbrough <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: type Foo_ptr in new void*;
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Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:

> I can't do this.
> Foo is supposed to be used only as a pointer.
> I don't know if newer version of library will use the same Foo.

One possibility is...
   subtype Foo is System.Address;

(or just use System.Address).


You could also declare a pointer to <anytype>, and use unchecked
conversion back and forth to the pointer types that you want.

Dale