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On 2/11/2011 11:47 PM, Edward Fish wrote:
> But if you're using GNAT you may have noticed that it doesn't allow
> a straight "For Data'Address Use 16#000B_8000#;" because GNAT
> uses a private type and not a derivative of Universal_Integer.
>
> They recommend an implementation-dependent "to_Address" function,
> but that would make things non-portable.

Portable to what? Other systems that also happen to have a two-segment
address with a video frame buffer at 16#000B_8000#? Aren't you being a
little pedantic here?