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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>
Subject: Re: 'Size (novice question)
Date: 2000/02/22
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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?