Re: Controlling endian-ness?

["Peter C. Chapin" <pcc482719@gmail.com>]

anon wrote:

> For using Unsigned_32. Why not just override the built-in Write attributes 
> routines for Unsigned_32 by re-writing the attributes routines. This may at 
> most require a new package with a few extra attributes routines that may 
> be needed. Also, this will also allow you to use "Shift_Left/Shift_Right" 
> directly with Unsigned_32.  
> 
> So in your program you could use:
> 
>    Data : Unsigned_32 ;
>   ...
>    Unsigned_32'Write ( Stream_Pointer, Data ) ;

I actually tried something like this but the compiler told me that I 
couldn't redefine attributes for that type (or something like that). I 
think the problem is that since the type is defined in another package 
it is already frozen or some such. It could also be that I did it wrong.

Peter