Re: put of access type

[Rob Solomon <usenet@drrob1-noreply.com>]

>Rob Solomon wrote:
>> I would like to output a pointer to the screen.
>
>Why? An access value is not usually meaningful.
>
>In general, you can't do this. However, using an instantiation of 
>System.Address_To_Access_Conversions, you can convert values of the access type 
>Object_Pointer declared there to type System.Address. Then, using 
>System.Storage_Elements.To_Integer, you can convert that address to an integer 
>type that you can output using 'Image with Ada.Text_IO or an instantiation of 
>the appropriate generic from Ada.Text_IO.

I thought someone would question why I want this.  As I said in my 1st
message, I'm trying to learn the language and I would like to see what
happens when I define pointers.  I mean access types.

The only way I know to see the results of my playing is to output
them.

Thanks for the help,
Rob