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From: tmoran@bix.com (Tom Moran)
Subject: Stream_IO
Date: 1998/03/04
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Date: 1998-03-04T00:00:00+00:00
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Is there a way to use Stream_IO to read a file produced by other than
the program doing the reading, in particular, a file binary file
produced, say, with C?  The RM indicates the representation is
implementation defined, and 'read apparently quite ignores rep
clauses, so I find one compiler reads integer things of 'size 8 or 16
as 16, and another reads size 16 things as size 32.  I hate to read
into a String and then do Unchecked_Conversions or 'address overlays,
but I don't see any other portable approach.  Help!