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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID
	autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,61cba7999ff0c6bc
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
From: dewar@gnat.com
Subject: Re: stream uniform data representation
Date: 1999/01/24
Message-ID: <78fvtu$85s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 436392295
References: <36A88F0E.1C09A2E5@dis.ulpgc.es>
X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x3.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion
X-Article-Creation-Date: Sun Jan 24 20:30:53 1999 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I)
Date: 1999-01-24T00:00:00+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

In article <36A88F0E.1C09A2E5@dis.ulpgc.es>,
  jomis@dis.ulpgc.es wrote:
> Hello.
>
>   I need a package which redefines the (un)marshalling
>   into streams for elementary types, so that stream
>   contents can be transmitted between heterogeneous
>   machines. An XDR representation should be ideal.


In GNAT, the formats used for elementary types are
determined by the unit System.Stream_Attributes. Simply
replace this unit to provide an alternative format.

If you get the GLADE sources, you will find an XDR version
of this unit that you can use.

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies

-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
http://www.dejanews.com/       Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own