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From: gdemont@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: Bit manipulation
Date: 2000/11/08
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Larry:

> Quite often when someone wants to do something like that, they had
> formerly programmed in some other language whose ability to define
> data types is not so robust as Ada.

May I remark that the main question is not:
 "I'm stupid and hopeless since I didn't discover until now the benefits
  of this absolutely superior language called Ada, but I still want
  to do these ugly manipulations I'm accustomed to, so how do I do
  them ?".

But:
 "Which way may I shift bits, or maskerade them?"

And your hint about using records, arrays and representation clauses
is completely overkill just for blipping bits! Please give constructive
answers!
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