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From: Erik Baigar <erik@baigar.de>
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Subject: Re: Endian-problem/bug with system.bit_ops (gnat3.15)...
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:45:16 +0100
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Niklas Holsti wrote:
> As I understand it, and have observed in some programs and some
> targets, a bitwise operation (and, or, xor, not) on modular types
> with a power-of-two modulus translates directly into the
> corresponding machine instruction. I expect such modular types to
> be as fast as System.Bit_Ops, even if the operations in
> System.Bit_Ops are intrinsic or inlined.

Thanks for this information... Hopefully I will find the time
to give this one a try,

    best regards,

      Erik.