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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
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Subject: Re: Record representation
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 15:11:12 +0100
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"Martin Krischik" <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message
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[snip]
> You might like to try:
>
> pragma Pack (AA);
>
> or
>
> for AA'Component_Size use A'Size;

Ok, the example was too simple - imagine a record with components that
are arrays, other record etc.

It's a problem I've encountered a few times...

-- Martin