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From: bourguet@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: Stream IO - Correct usage of Set_Index
Date: 1999/03/02
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In article <7bemc8$snn$1@whatsit.aston.ac.uk>,
  gaukrogi@aston.ac.uk (Rofi) wrote:
> Platform : Solaris, Linux
>
> Compiler : GNAT 3.10p
>
> Already Looked in :
> 	Ada Reference Manual;

The answer is there :-)

> 	I have tried using the attribute Size which appears to return the
> size of the datastructure in bits.  On this compiler I can divide this by 8
> and I get the correct values but this method seem to me to be very Adalike.
> Am I missing something monumentally obvious or ...... ?

A stream is a stream of Stream_Element, so the size you want to divide by
is Stream_Element'Size.

But I'd usually design my program to have only to move to result of the
"give me the current position" function (I've not my RM here, so I can't
check).

-- Jean-Marc

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