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From: john.mccabe@emrad.com.nospam (John McCabe)
Subject: Re: Size and pack
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:58:45 GMT
Date: 2001-10-11T08:58:45+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3bc55ea1.3939494@news.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9ff447f2.0110102224.5c470e2c@posting.google.com

On 10 Oct 2001 23:24:27 -0700, byhoe@greenlime.com (Adrian Hoe) wrote:

>The record structure will be used to interface with COTS product which
>sends out data in specific byte orders. The shuffle is not viable in
>this case.

I thought that may be the case, otherwise why be concerned with the
structure :-)

>This will be intended on 32-bit Intel. What will be the effect if I
>use representation clauses on 64-bit processor?

On a 64-bit Intel processor? It is likely that the layout will be the
same. You may need to be concerned about endianness- although there is
a 'Bit_Order attribute, in my experience a compiler is unlikely to
allow you to specify a bit order that is contrary to its native
ordering.





  reply	other threads:[~2001-10-11  8:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-10  8:05 Size and pack Adrian Hoe
2001-10-10  8:59 ` Alfred Hilscher
2001-10-10  9:50   ` John McCabe
2001-10-11  6:36     ` Adrian Hoe
2001-10-11  8:55       ` John McCabe
2001-10-31  1:53         ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-31  1:50     ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-31  9:17       ` John McCabe
2001-10-31 11:58       ` Jeff Creem
2001-11-01  1:58         ` Adrian Hoe
2001-11-01  2:34           ` Jeff Creem
2001-11-01 14:58             ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-01  3:53           ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-01 18:37             ` Jeff Creem
2001-11-02  3:39               ` Robert Dewar
2001-11-01  3:45         ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-01  6:00         ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-10  9:24 ` Pi
2001-10-10  9:27 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-10-11  6:24   ` Adrian Hoe
2001-10-11  8:58     ` John McCabe [this message]
2001-10-11 13:20       ` Mark Johnson
2001-10-11 16:23         ` John McCabe
2001-10-11 16:00           ` Pat Rogers
2001-10-12  8:37             ` John McCabe
2001-10-28  1:30         ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-11  9:30     ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-10-11 10:12 ` Vincent Smeets
2001-10-11 10:19   ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-10-11 11:18     ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-10-11 12:06       ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-10-11 13:49 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-26  4:00 ` Smark
2001-10-26  6:14   ` tmoran
2001-10-26 17:51     ` Smark
2001-10-26 23:21       ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-26 23:39       ` tmoran
2001-10-29  1:01         ` Adrian Hoe
2001-10-29  2:21           ` tmoran
2001-10-29 10:42             ` Adrian Hoe
2001-10-29 23:15               ` tmoran
2001-10-29  9:52         ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-10-29 10:29           ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-29 10:50             ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-10-29 11:12               ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-31  2:02                 ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-31  2:00               ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-31  2:51                 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-31  1:59           ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-31  1:57       ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-31  1:55   ` Robert Dewar
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