Strings

A constrained string type. Limited type minimizes memory leaks. Useful for storage in arrays, lists and hash tables. Does not need controlled types, unlike Unbounded_Strings.

		type String_Access
	Constrained string type.

		procedure To_String_Access
	Create string access. Free previous value if applicable.
	Param  Type  Description in This  String  Convert this string. in out Result  String_Access  Return result here.

		function To_String_Access
	Create a new string access.
	Param  Type  Description in This  String  Convert this string. return  String_Access  Return result here.

		procedure Free
	Deallocate storage for this string access, if allocated.
	Param  Type  Description in out This  String_Access  Deallocate this string access.

		function Is_Null
	Check if a string access is unallocated.
	Param  Type  Description in This  String_Access  Check this string access. return  Boolean  True if not allocated.

		function To_String
	Read a string value from a string access.
	Param  Type  Description in This  String_Access  Convert this string access. return  String  The resulting string value.

		function Hash
	Calculate a hash code from a String_Access.
	Param  Type  Description in Key  String_Access  Calculate hash of this key. in Max  Positive  Maximum result value. return  Positive  Number in the range from 1 to Max.

		function Equal
	Compare two string values, not their pointers.
	Param  Type  Description in A, B  String_Access  Compare these string values. return  Boolean  True if strings are equal.

		function Statistics
	Get allocation statistics.
	Param  Type  Description return  String  The statistics report.

String arrays

		type String_Array
	Unconstrained array of strings.