Re: Allocation question

[Philipp Riegger <news@anderedomain.de>]

On Mon, 11 May 2009 12:23:11 +0200
Olivier Scalbert <olivier.scalbert@algosyn.com> wrote:

>      type Color_T is record
>          Red:   Integer;
>          Green: Integer;
>          Blue:  Integer;
>      end record;

You can force a Size of 2 bit for this type by "for Color_T'Size use
2;".

>      type Image_T is array(Positive range <>, Positive range <>) of
> Color_T;

"Pragma Pack (Image_T);" tells the compiler not to align the array to
words (4 byte, i guess) but to use the 2 bit for each Color_T. Slower, but decreases the stack usage.

Philipp