From: milo!edm@uunet.uu.net (Ed Matthews)
Subject: Re: 'SIZE attribute of a type
Date: 9 Dec 91 13:24:07 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1991Dec9.132407.1128@verdix.com> (raw)
In article <EACHUS.91Dec9003230@Dr_No.mitre.org> eachus@Dr_No.mitre.org (Robert
I. Eachus) writes:
>-- If I were going to write an ACVC test for this, I would not test
>-- Boolean'SIZE = 1. Instead I would test that Boolean arrays are
>-- represented correctly. That is what users care about.
Now this is sensible and you will find that Verdix packs bit vectors just
fine right now. This was my point. If things work fine now and
Boolean'Size returns a sensible value (i.e., the amount of storage used
for a single boolean value in the absence of pragma Pack), why mess
around and create the discrepancy where Boolean'Size returns a (potentially)
silly value?
--
Ed Matthews edm@verdix.com
Verdix Corporation Headquarters (703) 378-7600
Chantilly, Virginia
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