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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: 64bit access to an array of 8bit values
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"David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1015194302.22754.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>...
> How about something like this?

and then suggests using address clauses. Yes, that will
work, but really the use of unchecked conversion of 
pointer types is so much closer to what the original
question asked for!