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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: Thick Ada bindings to C Win32
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>     function To_LPCVOID is new
>       Ada.Unchecked_Conversion (System.Address, LPCVOID);
  The Ada 95 language designers went to the trouble of including
a package, System.Address_To_Access_Conversion, specifically to
accomplish converting an Address to an Access.  They wouldn't
have bothered if Unchecked_Conversion could be relied on for
that job.