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   2 --                                                                          --
   3 --                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --                       S Y S T E M . S T R I N G S                        --
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  31
  32 --  Common String access types and related subprograms
  33
  34 --  Note: this package is in the System hierarchy so that it can be directly
  35 --  be used by other predefined packages. User access to this package is via
  36 --  a renaming of this package in GNAT.String (file g-string.ads).
  37
  38 pragma Compiler_Unit;
  39
  40 with Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation;
  41
  42 package System.Strings is
  43    pragma Preelaborate;
  44
  45    type String_Access is access all String;
  46    --  General purpose string access type. Note that the caller is
  47    --  responsible for freeing allocated strings to avoid memory leaks.
  48
  49    procedure Free is new Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation
  50      (Object => String, Name => String_Access);
  51    --  This procedure is provided for freeing allocated values of type
  52    --  String_Access.
  53
  54    type String_List is array (Positive range <>) of String_Access;
  55    type String_List_Access is access all String_List;
  56    --  General purpose array and pointer for list of string accesses
  57
  58    procedure Free (Arg : in out String_List_Access);
  59    --  Frees the given array and all strings that its elements reference,
  60    --  and then sets the argument to null. Provided for freeing allocated
  61    --  values of this type.
  62
  63 end System.Strings;