Re: A copy question....

[tmoran@acm.org]

> The use of
> >   for Source'Address use Address;
> is not portable.
>
> Rational would initialise Source to 0's (unless the Pragma Import is used).
  It's not a portability problem, it's an error in the code I posted. :(
Most compilers of my acquaintance only initialize things with
initializers, and don't initialize simple arrays of integers.  But that
just demonstrates the disadvantages of not using a diversity of compilers.
Yes indeed there should be a Pragma Import.
  As I read the LRM, the array Source ought to be declared aliased, also.
  Speaking of portability,
>  function To_Pointer_To_The_Array is
>     new Ada.Unchecked_Conversion (System.Address, Pointer_To_The_Array);
is not portable, while
package System.Address_To_Access_Conversions
is specifically designed to do what you want.
> Put_Line (Copied_Array (N)'Img);
  The 'Img attribute is a "vendor special", 'Image would be portable.