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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
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Subject: Re: GNAT 4.4.5 Record Bit_Order Endian issues
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awdorrin <awdorrin@gmail.com> writes:

> Quite frustrating! :)

Yes, it took me a while to really understand all of this

> What I'd give for some simple conditional compile directives like there are in C...

You know how those work, but don't yet know how the Ada way works. The
same was true of tasks and protected types when you started; would you
give those up now?

Give it time to sink in, and focus on the difference between bit and
byte endiannes..

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-- Stephe