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   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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  33
  34 --  Common String access types and related subprograms
  35
  36 with Unchecked_Deallocation;
  37
  38 package GNAT.Strings is
  39
  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.
  43
  44    procedure Free is new Unchecked_Deallocation
  45      (Object => String, Name => String_Access);
  46    --  This procedure is provided for freeing allocated values of type
  47    --  String_Access.
  48
  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
  52
  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.
  57
  58 end GNAT.Strings;