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On 5/5/20 1:04 PM, hreba wrote:
> 
> (The reason for the above construction is the need to pass a pointer to a C 
> library function.)

Most likely you do not need to pass a pointer to your C function. For example, 
given the C function

void f (int* i);

You can do

procedure F (I : in out Interfaces.C.int) with Import, Convention => C, ...;

and the compiler will call the C function correctly.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"[T]he Musgroves had had the ill fortune
of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and
the good fortune to lose him before he
reached his twentieth year ..."
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