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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Pointer to instance of indefinite array?
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:43:19 -0700
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On 08/13/2014 09:06 AM, NiGHTS wrote:
>
> Is it possible to have a constrained array of indefinite arrays without using
> access? In my target program, the "Do_Something_With_Array" function is
> actually an interface to a FIFO queue where groups of indefinite arrays are
> temporarily buffered for use by another task. Of course this will be via an
> entry to a protected object but those details aside how can I construct a
> constrained array of indefinite arrays?

If I need something like that, I'll usually use an array of an unbounded-array 
data structure, which in Ada is found in Ada.Containers.Vectors.

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Jeff Carter
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