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Subject: Re: pragma Pack vs. Convention C, portability issue?
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:53:05 +0000
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On 11/1/08 04:20, in article fm8e95$q0u$1@jacob-sparre.dk,
"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> Moral: avoid Pack for anything where the representation matters to
> portability. Use 'Component_Size instead.

What is the view on combinations like this:

   type seive is array (pos_integral range <>) of Boolean;
   for  seive'component_size use 8;
   pragma pack(seive);

or even this:

   type a_set is array (a_member) of Boolean;
   for  a_set'Component_Size use 1;
   pragma Pack(a_set);
   pragma Convention(C, Entity => a_set);

I guess these are somewhat redundant.
Does it matter?

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Bill Findlay
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