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,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,60a3674f34a79420,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-31 17:29:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: rep clause confusion 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 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 01:25:03 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.228.99 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 1009848266 213.104.228.99 (Tue, 01 Jan 2002 01:24:26 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 01:24:26 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18415 Date: 2002-01-01T01:25:03+00:00 List-Id: Hi, I've been looking at rep clauses(?), for laying seg descriptors for the x86, and one thing confuses me. for some_type use record abc at 0 range 0..7; def at 1 range 0..7; end record; The 'at' bit confuses me. Does this mean the storage element (numbered from zero)? If so that means, abc spans storage element zero bits 0..7 and def spans storage element 1 bits 0..7. Is this correct? Happy New Year, Chris