Re: C Interface question

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

Kevin said

"I haven't tried it, but if a 'Address is the same size as an Access type, and ha
s the same value, then you may be able to
do the following:

function C_Function ( value : in Integer; Result : in System.Address ) return Sy
stem.Address;

Then, just use Unchecked conversion to convert the result to an Access type, and
 access it that way."


This is non-portable, and really too low level. Using a named access type
is much cleaner, and cleaner still is just using an in out parameter 
assuming your compiler follows the proper Ada 95 implementation advice.