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From: Martin <martin@thedowies.com>
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Subject: Re: Should representation clauses be complete for each bit?
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:37:31 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jul 20, 6:28=A0pm, Robert A Duff <bobd...@shell01.TheWorld.com>
wrote:
> Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauh...@futureapps.de> writes:
> > On 20.07.11 16:51, Robert A Duff wrote:
>
> >> By the way, I find Ada's representation clauses to be at the wrong
> >> level of abstraction. =A0Why can't I just write a single line of code
> >> that means "put all the components in declaration order with no gaps
> >> in between"?
>
> > Is this a frequent use case?
>
> Yes, I think so.
>
> - Bob

I think you're right, Bob. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it's very,
very common.
-- Martin