From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Fortran's Equivalence
Date: 1997/04/09
Date: 1997-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <334BA679.5E5D@gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mheaney-ya023680000804971958130001@news.ni.net
Matthew Heaney wrote:
>
> True, "default" bit order depends on the compiler. But for a record
> representation clause, Ada 95 allows the programmer to specify how to
> interpret the bit order via the 'Bit_Order attribute definition clause.
>
> for My_Record_Type'Bit_Order use Low_Order_First;
>
> means that component A occupies the least significant portion of the 32
> bits of storage. See RM95 13.5.3.
Unfortunately, not even gnat implements this attribute!
--
- Stephe
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-03-25 0:00 Fortran's Equivalence Viqar Abbasi
1997-03-26 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-03-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-28 0:00 ` Oliver Kellogg
1997-03-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-01 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-04-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-04 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-04-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-07 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
1997-04-07 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-04-07 0:00 ` Viqar Abbasi
1997-04-08 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
1997-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <1997Apr15.163103.27481@nosc.mil>
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-09 0:00 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
1997-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-04 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-04-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-08 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-04-07 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
1997-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-26 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-03-26 0:00 ` FORTRAN's Equivalence Nick Roberts
1997-03-26 0:00 ` Fortran's Equivalence Robert Dewar
1997-03-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-03-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-02 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1997-03-28 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
1997-03-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-01 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
1997-03-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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