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From: Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Dynamically allocated array?
Date: 1999/02/08
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Date: 1999-02-08T00:00:00+00:00
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"Craig Garrett" <cgarrett@siscom.net> writes:

> How does one dynamically allocate an array in Ada without using the
> "declare" statement?

procedure Op is

   O : String_Access := new String'("allocated");

begin

   O := new String'("another allocation");

end;


But what's wrong with a declare block?

  declare
    Name : constant String := Get_Name (File);
  begin


No heap is required...