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On 12/6/18 7:25 AM, ldries46 wrote:
> What is the principal difference between the Attributes 'ADDRESS and 'ACCESS? 
> When do you use them?

The principal difference is that 'Address returns a value of type System.Address 
and 'Access returns a value of an access type. They are not the same and there 
is not necessarily any relationship between them.

 From ARM K.2(2-7) Language-Defined Attributes:

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P'Access
For a prefix P that denotes a subprogram:
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P'Access yields an access value that designates the subprogram denoted by P. The 
type of P'Access is an access-to-subprogram type (S), as determined by the 
expected type. See 3.10.2.
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X'Access
For a prefix X that denotes an aliased view of an object:
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X'Access yields an access value that designates the object denoted by X. The 
type of X'Access is an access-to-object type, as determined by the expected 
type. The expected type shall be a general access type. See 3.10.2.
6/1
X'Address
For a prefix X that denotes an object, program unit, or label:
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Denotes the address of the first of the storage elements allocated to X. For a 
program unit or label, this value refers to the machine code associated with the 
corresponding body or statement. The value of this attribute is of type 
System.Address. See 13.3.

http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/rm12_w_tc1/html/RM-K-2.html

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