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Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:26:09 +0200
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Subject: Re: How to byte swap an IEEE Float?
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Peter Hermann a �crit :
> http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/adakurs/invert4bytes.adb
> 
> (this code intentionally prevents compiler optimization)
> 
> (see also
> http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/adakurs/stream2ph.adb
> )
Those examples only have integer values, for which a function like :
function Swap (X : Integer) return Integer;
does not raise any problem.
Any Integer or Modular type should not be a problem. It is only with 
floats that problems arise.

Damien