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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
5 -- G N A T . S T R I N G S --
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29 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
30 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
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34 -- Common String access types and related subprograms
36 with Unchecked_Deallocation;
38 package GNAT.Strings is
40 type String_Access is access all String;
41 -- General purpose string access type. Note that the caller is
42 -- responsible for freeing allocated strings to avoid memory leaks.
44 procedure Free is new Unchecked_Deallocation
45 (Object => String, Name => String_Access);
46 -- This procedure is provided for freeing allocated values of type
49 type String_List is array (Positive range <>) of String_Access;
50 type String_List_Access is access all String_List;
51 -- General purpose array and pointer for list of string accesses
53 procedure Free (Arg : in out String_List_Access);
54 -- Frees the given array and all strings that its elements reference,
55 -- and then sets the argument to null. Provided for freeing allocated
56 -- values of this type.