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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Interfacing to C: big structures
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:12:17 -0600
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"Stephen Leake" <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> wrote in message
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> Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> writes:
> > Something like:
> >
> >     type S is record ... end record;
> >     pragma Convention (C, S);
> >
> >     X : aliased S;
> >     init (X'Access); -- or possibly 'Unchecked_Access
> >     foo (X'Access); -- or ...
>
> Why not:
>
> procedure Init (X : in out S);
> procedure Foo (X : in out S);
>
> begin
>     init (X);
>     foo (X);
> end;


I agree; there is no good reason to use access type here (at least with the
example given).

                       Randy.