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From: Simon Wright <simon@pogner.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: An alternative to Unchecked Conversion
Date: 1999/12/20
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Brian Orpin <abuse@borpin.co.uk> writes:

> On 17 Dec 1999 22:13:05 +0000, Simon Wright <simon@pogner.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
[...]
> >     X : TEST_TYPE;
> >     Y : TEST_TYPE;
> >     Y_Address : constant Address := Y'Address;
> >     For X'Address  Use Y_Address;
> 
> Tried this and got 
> 
>    9|   Y_ADDR : Constant ADDRESS := Y'Address;
> test.ada:10:1:
>   10|   For X'Address Use Y_ADDR;
>         ^1
> ***  1 Error 3208: This length representation clause does not specify a
> legal
> ***     attribute (RM83 13.2 (3))

Does using the 'use at' construct help anyway?