Re: changing alignment of built-in boolean

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

invalidemail@aerojockey.com wrote:

> Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>> invalidemail@aerojockey.com writes:
>>
>> > Is it possible, in GNAT, to force the built-in Boolean type to use
>> > 4-byte (32-bit) alignment?  Reason: I have to interface some Ada code
>> > to a package that insists on 32-bit variables on 4-byte-aligned
>> > addresses.

>> package P is
>>    subtype External_Boolean is Boolean;
>>    for External_Boolean'Size use 32;
>>    for External_Boolean'Alignment use 32;
> 
> Parenthetically, I tried this.  Compiler told me I cannot specify
> attribute for subtype.

A typo from Ludovic. you really need:

type External_Boolean is new Boolean;
for External_Boolean'Size use 32;
for External_Boolean'Alignment use 32;

Of corse you need an explicit convertion between Boolean and
External_Boolean. 

> Ok, I'm sorry.  I appear to have omitted a crucial piece of
> information: this is for library level Booleans.  The Ada code
> constitutes a shared library, and the program that calls the library
> accesses some of the library level variables via the symbol table, but
> the variables have to be 32-bits.

External_Boolean will work fine for that.

> The record way doesn't work either, at least not without extensive
> changes, because I still have to use these variables as Booleans (in
> conditional expressions).

> I was thinking that if there was a way to do this it would be to use
> some compiler flag or an obscure, implementation-defined pragma.
> 
> Thanks anyways. :)

Martin

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