From: "Ed Falis" <falis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: A simple ADA puzzle (I haven't the answer)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:04:02 GMT
Date: 2004-06-24T16:04:02+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: riCCc.2700$A9.1045@nwrdny01.gnilink.net
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:19:51 GMT, Frank J. Lhota
<NOSPAM.lhota.adarose@verizon.net> wrote:
> then My_String could actually hold a pointer to an object on the heap,
> with
> the current LEN discriminant. If My_String were assigned a value with a
> different value of LEN, the pointer in My_String would be changed if
> necessary to point to a heap object of the appropriate size. Is this the
> Janus Ada approach?
This is the same approach the Alsys compilers used, Frank. Except that
the object could be allocated on stack as well on 68K targets (if memory
serves). The downside is all the potential allocation, deallocation and
copying should the discriminant change.
- Ed
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2004-06-16 15:40 A simple ADA puzzle (I haven't the answer) Abby
2004-06-16 16:21 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-16 16:26 ` Abby
2004-06-16 17:01 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-16 17:18 ` Martin Krischik
2004-06-17 6:57 ` Brian May
2004-06-17 12:44 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-16 17:58 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-23 21:14 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-16 19:51 ` Simon Wright
2004-06-16 17:56 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-16 22:25 ` Martin Dowie
2004-06-17 0:41 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-17 7:45 ` Martin Dowie
2004-06-17 14:20 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-18 18:07 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-06-18 18:37 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-19 2:11 ` Brian May
2004-06-19 11:25 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-06-19 1:27 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-19 11:17 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-06-16 18:31 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-16 20:16 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-16 21:05 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 13:26 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-17 14:19 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 15:24 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-23 21:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-17 19:17 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-16 22:48 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-17 10:25 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-17 14:33 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-17 23:15 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-23 21:30 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-17 8:06 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-17 12:19 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 14:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-17 14:17 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 22:51 ` Brian May
2004-06-18 7:50 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-18 12:32 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-18 9:14 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2004-06-18 12:24 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-18 12:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-18 13:16 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-18 14:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-18 16:14 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-19 9:31 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-21 3:30 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-21 8:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-21 16:32 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-22 2:19 ` David Starner
2004-06-22 13:03 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-23 21:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-24 8:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-24 20:53 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-25 8:24 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-25 17:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-26 7:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-29 0:08 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-29 9:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-29 18:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-23 21:21 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-24 1:03 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-24 15:19 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-24 16:04 ` Ed Falis [this message]
2004-06-24 21:04 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-25 15:30 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-25 18:16 ` Bob Spooner
2004-06-25 19:23 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-26 15:26 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-28 4:52 ` Steve
2004-07-04 19:06 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-29 0:03 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-24 21:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-16 16:49 ` Martin Krischik
2004-06-17 10:58 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-17 3:48 ` Steve
2004-06-17 10:39 ` Björn Persson
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2004-06-17 8:38 Christoph Karl Walter Grein
2004-06-23 21:43 ` Randy Brukardt
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