From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,79db4ff72bff9422 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-26 16:10:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BD9ED77.C22BA831@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to convert record? References: <80d2e34.0110210156.7918cd3d@posting.google.com> <3bd402f9.8783319@news.demon.co.uk> <80d2e34.0110250340.155ae0b7@posting.google.com> <3BD7FE89.53BF8436@earthlink.net> <%oWB7.96$xS6.155@www.newsranger.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 23:10:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.180.2.44 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1004137849 63.180.2.44 (Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:10:49 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:10:49 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:06:58 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15283 Date: 2001-10-26T23:10:49+00:00 List-Id: Smark wrote: > > Bubba_Type'Size = 40 (= 5 bytes) > > (Typename'size + System.Storage_Unit - 1) / System.Storage_Unit > = ( 40 + 8 - 1)/8 = 47/8 = 6 (bytes) 47/8=5. Integer division truncates. That's why this technique works. -- Jeff Carter "I wave my private parts at your aunties." Monty Python & the Holy Grail