Re: Ada 95 Numerics questions for the experts

[bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)]

In article <mheaney-ya023680000509972116500001@news.ni.net>,
Matthew Heaney <mheaney@ni.net> wrote:
>That about explains it.  I wasn't aware that packing and component_size
>clauses were intended to be used together.  I assumed that by specifying
>the component size to be 3, that that meant the component size should be 3. 
>How naive of me!

Well, it should, but what should 'Component_Size be for an array of
3-bit components, where the implementation puts 10 of them in each word,
and leaves a gap of 2-bits at the end of each word?  (I'm assuming
32-bit words, here.)

If there's a "gap" of 1 bit between each 3-bit component, then I don't
think that should be called a "gap" at all -- we should call that
situation "4-bit components".

- Bob