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Subject: Re: segfault with large-ish array with GNAT
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Brian Drummond wrote:
> 
> But code using the array can be written as normal, with a "my_array ... renames
> my_array_ptr.all" clause to hide the pointer.

Generally, after something like

A : constant Array_Ptr := new Array_Type [(Low .. High)];

You can use A just as if it were the array itself:

B := A (A'First);
A (A'First) := A (A'Last);
A (A'Last) := B;

-- 
Jeff Carter
"If you think you got a nasty taunting this time,
you ain't heard nothing yet!"
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