From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>
Subject: Re: 'Size (novice question)
Date: 2000/02/22
Date: 2000-02-22T20:36:23+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d7ppkm9k.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrn8b50op.ig.lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de
lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke) writes:
> * Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Put ("Boolean'Size (type): "); Put (Boolean'Size); New_Line;
> > Put ("Boolean'Size (variable): "); Put (X'Size); New_Line;
> >
> >Almost no compiler will print 1 twice because on most architectures,
> >access to individual bits is expensive in both time and space when
> >compared to word or even octet access.
>
> But the following code can not use compressed variables:
Yes, that's correct. But, in my eyes, your example is pretty
pointless. ;) Would you mind posting another one?
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2000-02-18 0:00 ` 'Size (novice question) Jeff Carter
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2000-02-22 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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2000-02-22 0:00 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2000-02-22 0:00 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
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