Re: 64bit access to an array of 8bit values

[Dave Poirier <instinc@users.sf.net>]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> In article <5ee5b646.0203040229.6ffc7ee3@posting.google.com>, dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:
> 
> <large snip>
> 
>>you want. There is nothing wrong with pointer conversion
>>when it makes sense.
>>
> 
> Probably there _is_ a problem with pointer conversion when it does
> not make sense.  The issue is sorting out the two cases :-)
> 

well, to help out a bit about this problem of mine, is that I want to 
create a virtual-computer out of Ada95, and I would greatly appreciate 
if the code could run on as many platform as possible.

Considering the endianness, I somehow doubt now that pointer conversion 
is what I want, I see how it can be done but I see how my bytes are not 
going to end up at the right place on some architectures.

So from what I gather, the best solution for as much portability as 
possible is to use an array of larger elements, then return only the 
part of each element that is required.

Thanks for all the great replies! :)

EKS - Dave Poirier