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From: "Marc A. Criley" <mcNOSPAM@mckae.com>
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Subject: Re: What is correct way to pack records
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:00:56 -0600
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"Jeffrey Carter" <spam@spam.com> wrote:

> Marc A. Criley wrote:
>
> > Yes.  Though it carries some baggage that may or may not matter to you.
> >
> > pragma Convention(C, MyRec);
>
> This may guarantee the order, but it doesn't guarantee packing, and the
> results may vary from one compiler to another.

Correct, that's why it's essential that the layout of the record definition
be verified against the file record layout.

I my experience (with GNAT and Rational Apex) I find that "Convention C"
does do the "right" thing, especially since it's supposed to conform to how
a C compiler would lay out the data.

Marc