From: Mats Weber <Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch>
Subject: Re: Ada enumerations
Date: 1997/12/11
Date: 1997-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34901D71.FD118790@elca-matrix.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.881792609@merv
Robert Dewar wrote:
> My own feeling is that unchecked conversion is adequate. In practice it
> should work fine in any reasonable compiler to just do a conversion to the
> largest unsigned type, even if the sizes do not match (I can't imah=gine a
> compiler not doing the "right" thing there).
Are you sure this will work if the machine is big endian ?
Isn't Unchecked_Conversion approximately like doing
X : Enum;
I : Integer;
for I'Address use X'Address;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-12-11 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-12-10 0:00 Ada enumerations Stanley R. Allen
1997-12-10 0:00 ` John M. Mills
1997-12-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-11 0:00 ` Mats Weber [this message]
1997-12-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-12 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-12-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-12 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-12-11 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1997-12-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1997-12-03 0:00 Ada Enumerations Jeffrey Harris
1997-12-03 0:00 ` James S. Rogers
1997-12-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-03 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1997-12-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-04 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1997-12-18 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-12-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-12-04 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1997-12-07 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-12-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-12-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-08 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-12-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-12-11 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-12-04 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-12-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-12-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-06 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
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