Re: Converting access values

[Mark Lorenzen <mark.lorenzen@ofir.dk>]

Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org> writes:

> Mark Lorenzen <mark.lorenzen@ofir.dk> writes:
> 
> > The problem is simply
> > that my buffer has type access-to-unconstrained-array type and my copy
> > has an access-to-constrained-array type.
> 
> Why? Why not use the right type?

The example is a part of a package where I "export" the type
Buffer_Ptr in the public part of the package specification. The
access-to-unconstrained-array is local to the Copy function as it is
defined in the instantiation from Ada.Address_To_Access_Conversions.

> 
> > Question: How do i convert an access-to-constraint-array type to
> > access-to-unconstrained-array type in a (more or less) portable way?
> 
> By copying the data :). I don't think there is a portable way to do that.

Shame.

> 
> -- 
> -- Stephe

- Mark Lorenzen