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On 10.08.10 10:56, Natacha Kerensikova wrote:

>> Note that Stream_Element is machine-depended as well.
> 
> I'm sadly aware of that. I need an octet-sequence to follow the S-
> expression standard, and there is here an implementation trade-off:
> assuming objects already know how to serialize themselves into a
> Stream_Element_Array, I can either code a converter from
> Stream_Element_Array to octet-sequence, or reinvent the wheel and code
> a converter for each type directly into an octet-sequence. For some
> strange reason I prefer by far the first possibility.

In any case, these small articles on data representation might
be worth reading:

http://www2.adacore.com/2008/03/03/gem-27/
http://www2.adacore.com/2008/03/17/gem-28/

Georg