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: 103376,3ea3c3aa71aa3a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-28 07:20:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!82-43-33-254.cable.ubr01.croy.blueyonder.co.UK!not-for-mail From: "Nick Roberts" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Questions Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:20:09 +0100 Message-ID: References: <69uaavobiedlcb4gr0lro4t41nu41t2k2f@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 82-43-33-254.cable.ubr01.croy.blueyonder.co.uk (82.43.33.254) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1051539615 10955309 82.43.33.254 (16 [25716]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36687 Date: 2003-04-28T15:20:09+01:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message > First, I'm willing to bet that the OP is not interested in such > machines. > > Second, pragma Pack applies to type String, in all implementations of > Ada, and the requirements on Pack mean 4-chars-per-word on a > 32-bit-word-addressable machine. Oops. The famous 'Roberts effect' strikes again. Sorry. > I think you (Nick) and I have both missed what the OP is getting at. > Perhaps he should clarify the question, perhaps with an example that > illustrates the point... Agreed. -- Nick Roberts Jabber: debater@charente.de [ICQ: 159718630]