[gtkada] gtk.text to string

[Pedro Díaz Jiménez]

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On Saturday 18 August 2001 00:06, you wrote:
> > procedure convertir (b: access gtk.button.gtk_button_record'class) is
> >      text: string:="";
> >       begin
> >          cadena:=gtk.text.get_text(texto);
> >          put(text); --I did this only to know if it runs
> > end convertir;
>
> Others have suggested that you need to use pointers, but that advice is
> usually wrong when using Ada, and this case is no exception:
>
>
> procedure Convertir (B : access Gtk.Button.Gtk_Button_Record'Class) is
>    Text : [constant] String := Gtk.Text.Get_Text (Texto);
> begin -- Convertir
>    Put_Line (Item => Text);
> end Convertir;
>

I like it much better than the other solutions, including mine. Clean & 
elegant

> Does what you need without any pointers.

True, but doing it (right) with pointers doesn't mean its wrong

cheers
Pedro
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