From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38ceb882eed41e1e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-11 09:26:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr11.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Pat Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <9ff447f2.0110100005.2503bb00@posting.google.com> <9ff447f2.0110102224.5c470e2c@posting.google.com> <3bc55ea1.3939494@news.demon.co.uk> <3BC59C8E.BADA210D@Raytheon.com> <3bc5c72d.30703258@news.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Size and pack X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.191.176.121 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr11.news.prodigy.com 1002816037 ST000 208.191.176.121 (Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:00:37 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:00:37 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: FKPO@MC@@S@USVT^ORHL_IXBUSXHQD\MNPWZKB]MPXHTEPIB_NVUAH_[BL[\IRKIANGGJBFNJF_DOLSCENSY^U@FRFUEXR@KFXYDBPWBCDQJA@X_DCBHXR[C@\EOKCJLED_SZ@RMWYXYWE_P@\\GOIW^@SYFFSWHFIXMADO@^[ADPRPETLBJ]RDGENSKQQZN Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:00:37 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14292 Date: 2001-10-11T16:00:37+00:00 List-Id: "John McCabe" wrote in message news:3bc5c72d.30703258@news.demon.co.uk... > On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:20:15 -0500, Mark Johnson > wrote: > > > >Since Bit_Order is described in Chapter 13, all compilers should support > >it. > > There is a differenc between supporting it and doing anything useful > with it, e.g. GNAT 3.12a2 or whatever it was that my last place had > for Solaris was quite happy for you to say: > > for x'bit_order use a_order_first > > but blew up when you tried > > for x'bit_order use b_order_first > > (Can't remember which way round a and b were!) That has changed since that (now quite old) version.