From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: ada.strings.unbounded "free" and "String_Access"
Date: 2000/03/08
Date: 2000-03-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccwvnd1evv.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38C5B5AD.D310C559@mindspring.com
Al Johnston <sofeise@mindspring.com> writes:
> But I was wondering... why is the type "ada.strings.
> unbounded.string_access" as well as a "free" routine
> for this type, provided in the spec of unbounded.strings?
There's no very good reason. I think somebody just wanted to have a
String_Access type lying around for convenience. And Strings.Unbounded
seemed like as good a place as any to put it.
> I cant find a way of getting anything from this package
> that is of this type, much less having a need to free it.
You're right. Nothing else in this package has anything to do with
String_Access.
- Bob
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-03-07 0:00 ada.strings.unbounded "free" and "String_Access" Al Johnston
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-03-10 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-09 0:00 ` Al Johnston
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