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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: De-serializing and stack sizes
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:20:40 +0100
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"Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com> writes:

> Item : constant Item_Access := new Item_Type'(Item_Type'Input (Stream));
>
> The 'Input attribute is trying to return the object in the stack and
> so it doesn't work. My items are around 20 MB in size (now, they
> could grow bigger) and I'd like not to have to raise my stack to
> these sizes (also making it doable from the environment task would
> be a plus).

Could you maybe override Item_Access'Input? (or even 'Read? I came
across a GNAT bug a while back, possibly 3.16, where default 'Input
didn't use overridden 'Read if the type was private ..)