Re: Does this model work ?

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>]

In article <37408152.C65D85E8@pwfl.com>,
  diespammer@pwfl.com wrote:
> Pascal Obry wrote:
> >
> Avoiding representation clauses is probably a poor choice if
portability is a concern.

<discussion of dire consequences of using Standard.Integer
 for external files snipped>

First, surely no one would use Standard.Integer if they
have any concern for portability.

Second, I agree that specifying sizes for any data to be used
externally is quite reasonable, and in this sense I agree
with the above quote.

The point is that well written code should be as easy to
port from 32- to 64-bits as from any one Ada 95 compiler
to another.


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