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From: tmoran@acm.org
Subject: Re: Representing data differently
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:07:34 GMT
Date: 2003-02-07T18:07:34+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <GBS0a.26741$HN5.82176@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 686be06c.0302070615.3943b629@posting.google.com

>In C I can represent the same data multiple ways using structs and
>unions.  How and can I do this in Ada?
  In Ada it's called Unchecked_Conversion.  It's "unchecked" because
there's not much the compiler can do to help check that you coded
what you meant to code.  Look it up in any Ada text.



  reply	other threads:[~2003-02-07 18:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-07 14:15 Representing data differently Daniel Allex
2003-02-07 18:07 ` tmoran [this message]
2003-02-09  4:39   ` Craig Carey
2003-02-10 12:47     ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-02-13 17:21       ` Craig Carey
2003-02-08  0:24 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-02-12 18:52 ` Martin Krischik
2003-02-22 19:09   ` Robert A Duff
2003-02-23 13:06     ` Martin Krischik
2003-02-23 21:09 ` Craig Carey
2003-02-23 21:59   ` tmoran
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