From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: Boolean Representation
Date: 1998/09/24
Date: 1998-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6uecv5$4f9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6ue3uh$qjo$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
In article <6ue3uh$qjo$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
matthew_snyder@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> The reason for my original question is that I'm trying to decide the best
> (most portable) way to convert an UNSIGNED_8 to a record type which provides
> access to the individual bits. The record could either consist of
booleans,
> or it could consist of my own bit type (is there a predefined BIT type that
There are at least 12 better ways to do this! (Okay, maybe only 4 or so).
Try looking into modular types or record types of boolean with a
representation specification, or my personal favorite: arrays of booleans.
Hint: bitwise "and" and "or" are predefined on arrays of booleans.
"Let go of your C, Luke...
*Feel* the Ada."
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T.E.D.
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1998-09-24 0:00 Boolean Representation matthew_snyder
1998-09-24 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-24 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1998-09-25 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-27 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1998-09-28 0:00 ` dewar
1998-09-24 0:00 ` matthew_snyder
1998-09-24 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-09-25 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-25 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-09-24 0:00 ` dennison [this message]
1998-09-25 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-09-25 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-24 0:00 ` dennison
1998-09-24 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1998-09-25 0:00 ` dennison
1998-09-25 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1998-09-26 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-09-26 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1998-09-27 0:00 ` null pointer representation (was: Boolean Representation) Arthur Evans Jr
1998-09-27 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1998-09-28 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-28 0:00 ` Lieven Marchand
1998-09-28 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1998-09-28 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-30 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1998-10-02 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-09-27 0:00 ` Boolean Representation dewarr
1998-09-27 0:00 ` dewarr
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1998-09-24 0:00 matthew_snyder
1998-09-25 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-09-25 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-25 0:00 ` dewarr
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