Ada 83 Address to Array Conversion

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In the code I inherited, a buffer is passed to a procedure using its start address and length as parameters. This procedure code uses inline assembly language to process the buffer contents.

In a new procedure that uses the same parameters, I want to refer to the buffer as an array but I want to use the same parameters and their types that the existing procedure uses. This is so I don't have to make intrusive modifications to the original code except to use the same calling signature, which is like this:

procedure Push_Buffer(
    Source_Address : Address;
    Count          : Natural);

In this case, the buffer is just an array of machine words. I want to refer to it as an array of machine words, and already have types (Word and Buffer_Type) that are used elsewhere without a problem. (The objects of unconstrained type Buffer_Type have their constraints defined where they are used.)

I would like to refer to the buffer that's being passed by address as an array within my procedure. How would I do this?

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Jim

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Ada 83 Address to Array Conversion