From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b582310cfc030f2c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-14 17:01:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.nuthinbutnews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc53.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Freejack Subject: Re: Mixed languages and frustration. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Pan/0.11.4 (Unix) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Comment-To: "Wes Groleau" NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.245.85.50 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc53 1066176103 12.245.85.50 (Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:01:43 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:01:43 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:01:43 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:867 Date: 2003-10-15T00:01:43+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:53:13 -0400, Wes Groleau wrote: > If you _really_ want to to pass an Ada access value directly to a C > pointer, without the precautions and engineering suggested by others... > > If XYZ is an Ada access type, then > > the C pointer to the heap object is XYZ.all'Address I dont mind the precautions. I was just ranting. I'm actually making pretty good headway. I just sometimes get tripped up from time to time. Freejack