From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Stream_Element_Array
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:48:18 +0200
Date: 2011-09-14T14:48:18+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7yqos9wk4fn.15kuyzgqrkhge.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m239fz4cpy.fsf@pushface.org
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:53:13 +0100, Simon Wright wrote:
> I know the RM doesn't specify this, and goes out of its way to allow
> 9-bit bytes and 36-bit storage units. But how many real-life situations
> are there where Stream_Element'Size isn't 8?
Why not to mandate it 8-bit then? Even if the machine does not support
memory access to octets, I think it would be worth the efforts to have the
compiler doing packing/unpacking stuff, rather than the programmer.
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2011-09-14 3:13 Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-14 5:29 ` Stream_Element_Array Per Sandberg
2011-09-14 8:34 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-14 8:31 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-14 9:09 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-14 9:40 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-14 9:41 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-14 10:18 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-14 12:42 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-14 16:20 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-14 19:53 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-14 10:53 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-14 12:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2011-09-14 14:48 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-14 15:08 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-14 17:16 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-14 20:13 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-14 21:29 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-15 8:20 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-15 18:58 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-15 20:48 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-16 0:20 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-15 19:15 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-15 20:11 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-15 20:34 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-15 21:42 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-15 21:50 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-16 0:01 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-16 0:18 ` Stream_Element_Array Adam Beneschan
2011-09-16 7:22 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-16 10:21 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-16 12:13 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-16 17:20 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-16 19:32 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-16 22:18 ` Stream_Element_Array Simon Wright
2011-09-17 8:18 ` Stream_Element_Array Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-09-19 23:22 ` Stream_Element_Array Randy Brukardt
2011-09-15 21:28 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-15 2:33 ` Stream_Element_Array Alexander Korolev
2011-09-19 23:11 ` Stream_Element_Array Randy Brukardt
2011-09-14 12:19 ` Stream_Element_Array Gautier write-only
2011-09-16 11:17 ` Stream_Element_Array anon
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