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Subject: Re: GNAT 4.4.5 Record Bit_Order Endian issues
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> I don't see why this makes a difference? It certainly affects how GNAT
> behaves, though I have to say it looks buggy to me. 

No, this is acording to the RM (I don't feel like looking up the para just now).
The model are machine scalars, and the bits are allocated by counting the bits inside the scalar.

In this example, the machine scalar is 16 bits.