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From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: Rules for Representation of Subtypes
Date: 1996/09/26
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Samuel T. Harris <u61783@gsde.hso.link.com> wrote in article
<32474889.6EEA@gsde.hso.link.com>...
> David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote:
> > i.e., write:
> > 
> >     read (fd, A_Small_Integer'Address, A_Small_Integer'Size /
> > System.Storage_Unit);
> > 
> 
> More safe (in a general sense) is ...
> 
> (A_Small_Integer'Size + System.Storage_Unit - 1) / System.Storage_Unit
> 
> ... to handle those rare weird-sized entities with
> involve non-zero remainders to the poster's division.

You're absolutely correct, and I always code it that way.  Why I didn't put
it in my posting is probably because I don't desk-check e-mail and
newsgroup postings like I do real code -- with marker in hand and hard
copy.
-- 
David C. Hoos, Sr.,
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