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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Convert an access to constant to access to variable
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 18:16:26 -0500
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"Victor Porton" <porton@narod.ru> wrote in message 
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> I need chars_ptr for interfacing with C.
>
> There is no constant_chars_ptr.
>
> (I need to generate chars_ptr from a char_array or rather from constant
> char_array.)

We did all of this sort of stuff just using Interfaces.C.To_Ada and various 
types with convention C. I don't think I've ever used Interfaces.C.Strings 
and Interfaces.C.Pointers outside of testing them. I think you are seeing 
why...

                                       Randy.