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generic
   type Object (<>) is limited private;
 
package System.Address_To_Access_Conversions is
   pragma Preelaborate;
   pragma Elaborate_Body;
   --  This pragma Elaborate_Body is there to ensure the requirement of what is
   --  at the moment a dummy null body. The reason this null body is there is
   --  that we used to have a real body, and it causes bootstrap problems with
   --  old compilers if we try to remove the corresponding file.
 
   pragma Compile_Time_Warning
     (Object'Unconstrained_Array,
      "Object is unconstrained array type" & ASCII.LF &
      "To_Pointer results may not have bounds");
 
   --  Capture constrained status, suppressing warnings, since this is
   --  an obsolescent feature to use Constrained in this way (RM J.4).
 
   pragma Warnings (Off);
   Xyz : Boolean := Object'Constrained;
   pragma Warnings (On);
 
   type Object_Pointer is access all Object;
   for Object_Pointer'Size use Standard'Address_Size;
 
   pragma No_Strict_Aliasing (Object_Pointer);
   --  Strictly speaking, this routine should not be used to generate pointers
   --  to other than proper values of the proper type, but in practice, this
   --  is done all the time. This pragma stops the compiler from doing some
   --  optimizations that may cause unexpected results based on the assumption
   --  of no strict aliasing.
 
   function To_Pointer (Value : Address)        return Object_Pointer;
   function To_Address (Value : Object_Pointer) return Address;
 
   pragma Import (Intrinsic, To_Pointer);
   pragma Import (Intrinsic, To_Address);
 
end System.Address_To_Access_Conversions;