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Subject: Re: Error in gnat-4.6  (opensuse 11.4) ?
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On 03/17/2011 07:34 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
>
>>     type Real is Digits 16;
>
> This (on Intel hardware) asks for what GNAT calls Long_Long_Float, which
> requires 10 bytes. "digits 15" asks for Long_Float, which requires 8
> bytes.
>
>>     type f_t  is array(1..0400) of Real;
>>     type fe_t is array(1..1000) of Real;

Also note that GNAT might choose to align the components of these on 4-byte 
boundaries, making Fe_T 12_000 bytes rather than 10_000.

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