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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Binary files vs Portablity vs Ada
Date: 1999/11/09
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In article <3826FD9C.37446C29@callnetuk.com>,
  Nick Roberts <nickroberts@callnetuk.com> wrote:

> but possibly another suggestion for the next Ada revision might be two
> new predefined types:
>
>    type Bit_Integer is mod 2;
>
>    type Bit_Array is array (Natural range <>) of Bit_Integer;
>
> and then a new conversion introduced between Bit_Array (or types
derived
> from it) and any mod type whose modulus was a power of two (and
> static?). This conversion would stipulate that the bit with the lowest
> index (in the array) was the bit with the least significance (in the
> integer).

Why a one bit integer, as opposed to a boolean array?

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