From: Vinzent Hoefler <JeLlyFish.software@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Ada sockets and gnat 3.13 windows and linux interoperability
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 22:29:34 -0500
Date: 2003-02-14T22:29:34-05:00 [thread overview]
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"David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> wrote:
>> Well, they used the Distributed Systems Annex, but I'd guess, even
>> without that your chances are very good.
>
>> If all else fails, you still can add representation clauses to the
>> types you are exchanging to make sure they are represented the same
>> way on all target systems.
>
>It's not representation clauses that are needed, but rather stream
>attributes that will control the network representation of the
>data as it's transferred between systems.
>
>The Distributed Systems Annex goes so far as to provide endianness-
>independent stram attributes, so that the types will be accurately
>transferred even between systems with different endianness.
Oh thanks, I didn't know that. I still hadn't the time and opportunity
to play with that...
Vinzent.
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2003-02-14 15:15 Ada sockets and gnat 3.13 windows and linux interoperability Tony Gair
2003-02-14 16:27 ` David C. Hoos
2003-02-15 0:23 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-02-15 1:22 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2003-02-15 3:29 ` Vinzent Hoefler [this message]
2003-02-15 6:44 ` Simon Wright
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