Ada Programming/Libraries/Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation

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This language feature is available from Ada 95 on.

Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation is a unit of the Predefined Language Environment since Ada 95.

Specification

--                     Standard Ada library specification
--   Copyright (c) 2003-2018 Maxim Reznik <reznikmm@gmail.com>
--   Copyright (c) 2004-2016 AXE Consultants
--   Copyright (c) 2004, 2005, 2006 Ada-Europe
--   Copyright (c) 2000 The MITRE Corporation, Inc.
--   Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Intermetrics, Inc.
--   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause and LicenseRef-AdaReferenceManual
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

generic
   type Object (<>) is limited private;
   type Name   is access  Object;
procedure Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation (X : in out Name);

pragma Convention (Intrinsic, Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation);
pragma Preelaborate (Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation);

See also

Wikibook

• Ada Programming/Libraries/Ada
• Ada Programming/Types/access

External examples

• Search for examples of Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation in: Rosetta Code, GitHub (gists), any Alire crate or this Wikibook.
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Ada Reference Manual

Ada 95

• 13.11.2: Unchecked Storage Deallocation ^[Annotated]

Ada 2005

• 13.11.2: Unchecked Storage Deallocation ^[Annotated]

Ada 2012

• 13.11.2: Unchecked Storage Deallocation ^[Annotated]

Open-Source Implementations

FSF GNAT

• Specification: a-uncdea.ads

drake

• Specification: a-uncdea.ads