Re: How to print Task_ID type? (GNAT SunOS)

[dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

Greg asked

"Indeed it is. My oversight. This function does not handle the more
general problem I posed though. Is there a general facility for printing
access types? The GNAT implementation of the Image function above is a
system level (i.e. platform dependent) routine specifically for the
Task_ID type. The only Ada references I've got are Barnes for Ada 95 and
the ALRM, both of which are woefully inadequate on the topic of Ada I/O."

You really must get annex A of the RM, it's quite easy to read (much
easier than the rest of the RM), and is full of useful stuff. You can
pull it off the net, see Ada FAQ for details.

The easiest way to do what you want is:

Integer_Address'Image (To_Integer (Pointer.all'Address))

this is from system.storage_elements

If you want to output the address in hex, then still use
To_Integer(Pointer.all'Addess)
but output the integer value using Text_IO.Modular_IO.Put with
an appropriate base parameter.