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From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
Subject: Re: Return by reference
Date: 1999/11/04
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* Brian Rogoff wrote:
>Thanks for the code, but I already know how to do this with a type whose 
>public view is limited and its private view, not limited. I was wondering
>if I can do this entirely with minimal potential copying.

Of course it is possible. The idea is to deal with a pointer to a dynamic
array only. The Format function allocates and the To_String function
releases the memory.

Please drop me any notes on the source or include it to other projects.
ftp://ftp.iks-jena.de/pub/mitarb/lutz/ada/formatted_print/