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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: How can you convert.....
Date: 03 Oct 2001 13:38:32 -0400
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"Petter Fryklund" <qsbpefr@esavionics.se> writes:

> If it is convertiable, by
> 
> with Ada.Unchecked_Conversion;
> with System;
> with Interfaces;
> ...
> ...
>    function "+" is new Ada.Unchecked_Conversion (Source => System.Adress,
> Target =>   Interfaces.Unsigned_32);
>     Adr : System.Address;
>       U  : Interfaces.Unsigned_32;
> begin
> 
>     ....
>     .....
>     U := + Adr;
> 

This will probably work, but there is a better way, which is
guarranteed by the compiler. See System.Storage_Elements.To_Integer.
This function converts an address into an appropriate integer type.

Note that on some systems, an address has less than 32 bits, and on
others, it has more.

-- 
-- Stephe