Re: Dynamic allocation of named arrays

Mmmmh - always better to test examples before posting...
This one is working:

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with Ada.Containers.Hashed_Maps;
with Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Hash;
with Ada.Text_IO;

procedure Dummy_dico is

   package Dictionaries is new Ada.Containers.Hashed_Maps
             (Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String,
              Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String,
              Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Hash,
              Ada.Strings.Unbounded."=",
              Ada.Strings.Unbounded."=");

   use Dictionaries;

   function "-" (Source : Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String) return
String
     renames Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_String;
   function "+" (Source : String) return
Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String
     renames Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_Unbounded_String;

   procedure Translate( dico: Map; from: String ) is
     use Ada.Text_IO;
   begin
     Put_Line( from & " ---> " & (-Element(dico,+from)) );
   end Translate;

   dico_F_to_E: Map;
   c: Cursor;
   s: Boolean;

begin
   Insert(dico_F_to_E, +"souris", +"mouse", c, s);
   Insert(dico_F_to_E, +"chat",   +"cat",   c, s);
   Insert(dico_F_to_E, +"chien",  +"dog",   c, s);
   Insert(dico_F_to_E, +"cheval", +"horse", c, s);
   --
   Translate(dico_F_to_E, "chien");
   Translate(dico_F_to_E, "chat");
end;