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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Follow up 2: raised STORAGE_ERROR : helper.adb:386 object too
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Date: 10 Aug 2005 13:44:17 -0400
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Jeff Creem <jcreem@yahoo.com> writes:

> .. code that is getting N
> 
> begin
>    Region_Data := new String(1 .. N);
>    Fill_In_Data_Into_Region_Data
> 
>    Call_Existing_Code_THat_Wants_String(Region_Data.all);
> 
>    Free(Region_Data);
> 
> exceptioon
>    when others =>
>       Free(Region_Data);
>       raise;
> end;

If the Call_Existing_Code_THat_Wants_String part can be aborted, then
you should wrap the memory management in a controlled type, so an
abort won't cause a storage leak.

- Bob