From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:f9c3:: with SMTP id l186-v6mr3097561ith.15.1527351329769; Sat, 26 May 2018 09:15:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:5887:: with SMTP id x7-v6mr629007otg.14.1527351329617; Sat, 26 May 2018 09:15:29 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!newsreader5.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!v8-v6no3366216itc.0!news-out.google.com!b185-v6ni2754itb.0!nntp.google.com!u74-v6no3348246itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 09:15:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.233.194; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.233.194 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <5f1e44fa-5b78-45a1-a12e-b8089d823540@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: AI12-0218: What is the portable representation clause for processing IETF packets on little-endian machines? From: "Dan'l Miller" Injection-Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 16:15:29 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2491 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1251418742 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52700 Date: 2018-05-26T09:15:29-07:00 List-Id: On Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 12:45:43 PM UTC-5, Dan'l Miller wrote: > It seems that 2 major use-cases of AI12-0218 are getting short shrift. >=20 > http://www.ada-auth.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ai12s/ai12-0218-1.txt?rev=3D1.= 3&raw=3DN Why is Norman Cohen's solution in the PDF=C2=A0at the URL below not the way= for the ARG to merely dismiss AI12-0218 as not-a-problem that needs to be = solved, due to already having a solution ever since Record Representation C= lause was introduced. http://www.ada-auth.org/ai-files/grab_bag/bitorder.pdf On the final page 9, Norman Cohen seems to leave the solution hanging on on= e final point though: How to pick the proper Record Representation Clause =E2=80=A2portably=E2=80= =A2 in standard Ada? Hint: there isn't a standardized way to do that sele= ction of alternative Record Representation Clauses among, say, alternative = child packages. Also, Norman Cohen seems to misuse the word proposal in that document. He = isn't proposing any change to Ada. He is merely educating, isn't he? I gu= ess that he is proposing that we learn.