Re: Examining individual bytes of an integer

[Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>]

On 18-10-15 00:04 , Niklas Holsti wrote:
> On 18-10-14 22:15 , Henrik Härkönen wrote:
>> I'd like to examine individual bytes of larger (in bit size)
>> integer type. In C would probably move byte pointer etc. Also
>> I'd need to have a way to construct the integer from individual bytes.

Adding a little to my earlier answer:

> If you really want to inspect the structure of integers in memory,
> address by address, then I think the only way is the same as in C: make
> an octet pointer to the memory representation and read octet by octet.
> (But note that the Storage_Unit for some strange machines may not be 8
> bits.)

If you want to use the above method, the tools are in 
System.Storage_Elements (address arithmetic) and 
System.Address_To_Access_Conversions (convert an address into an access 
value).

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Niklas Holsti
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