Re: pragma import => pointer in mapping table ?

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

wkernow@gmail.com writes:

>> But, what in the mapping table leads you to conclude that these
>> variables are treated as pointers?
>
> Because, experiences prove it.
> In deed, I'm using an external program which reads the map file. This
> program reads/writes a value of a variable. User can indicate to this
> program if the variable is a pointer or not.
> When user wants to read direct value, answer is an address (0x019dc345).
> When user wants to read indirect value (by a poniter), answer is a value (1).
> When user wantd to read direct value of 0x019dc345, answer is a value (1).

This sounds to me just like what I said in the previous post.

>> You could think of this as an access via a pointer at the machine code
>> level, but at the Ada level this is just the same as any other variable
>> access.
>
> I understand your argument.
>
> I can't access to toolchain easily.
> Do you think I need to look for the linker ? Or/and see how map file
> is built ?

Pretty sure I haven't used a map file since 1984, so I can't answer
this.