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From: Kevin Chadwick <kc-usenet@chadwicks.me.uk>
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On 31/08/2025 08:30, Lawrence DOliveiro wrote:
>On Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:43:18 -0000 (UTC), Kevin Chadwick wrote:
>
>>> Something like the following? (Details of the BitVector class
>>> omitted, but I can supply them if you’re interested):
>>>
>> I'm surprised Python can do some of what you have shown but it's a long way
>> from what would be required.
>
>What’s missing?

Complete size controls and things like vomatile_full_access and proper type
 protections (though Python/C users might be quite happy with the ability to
 slice between completely different registers that could be dangerous and
 breaks separation of concerns).

https://learn.adacore.com/courses/intro-to-embedded-sys-prog/chapters/low_level_programming.html#separation-principle


-- 
Regards, Kc