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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
   4 --                                                                          --
   5 -- S Y S T E M . A D D R E S S _ T O _ A C C E S S _ C O N V E R S I O N S  --
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  35 
  36 generic
  37    type Object (<>) is limited private;
  38 
  39 package System.Address_To_Access_Conversions is
  40    pragma Preelaborate;
  41 
  42    pragma Compile_Time_Warning
  43      (Object'Unconstrained_Array,
  44       "Object is unconstrained array type" & ASCII.LF &
  45       "To_Pointer results may not have bounds");
  46 
  47    type Object_Pointer is access all Object;
  48    for Object_Pointer'Size use Standard'Address_Size;
  49 
  50    pragma No_Strict_Aliasing (Object_Pointer);
  51    --  Strictly speaking, this routine should not be used to generate pointers
  52    --  to other than proper values of the proper type, but in practice, this
  53    --  is done all the time. This pragma stops the compiler from doing some
  54    --  optimizations that may cause unexpected results based on the assumption
  55    --  of no strict aliasing.
  56 
  57    function To_Pointer (Value : Address)        return Object_Pointer;
  58    function To_Address (Value : Object_Pointer) return Address;
  59 
  60    pragma Import (Intrinsic, To_Pointer);
  61    pragma Import (Intrinsic, To_Address);
  62 
  63 end System.Address_To_Access_Conversions;