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From: Joe Wisniewski <wisniew@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Rep-spec question
Date: 1999/11/10
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In article <80clia$ein$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
> In article <80ck3b$deu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   Joe Wisniewski <wisniew@acm.org> wrote:
> > Given the following:
> >
> > type Rec is
> >    b : boolean;
> > end record;
> >
> > for rec use record
> >    b at 0 range 0..63;
> > end record;
> > for rec'size use 64;
> >
> > can any assumptions be made as to where the
> > byte(s) representing the boolean are stored?
>
> Not unless your compiler docs say so. I'm not even sure that is
required
> to compile.
>
> If you want to put the boolean in a specific place, try using
something
> like:
>
> for rec use record
>    b at 1 range 5..5;  -- 6th bit of second byte
> end record;
> for rec'size use 64;
>
> (This isn't guaranteed to compile either)

   You are not saying that is required NOT to compile.
   Correct?

Joe
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