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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Representation clauses for base-64 encoding
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:33:55 -0600
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"Natasha Kerensikova" <lithiumcat@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:slrnjf5uol.1lme.lithiumcat@sigil.instinctive.eu...
>   type Octet is mod 256;
>      --  or Character or Storage_Element or Stream_Element
>      --  or whatever 8-bit type relevant for the appliication
>
>   for Octet'Size use 8;
>   for Octet'Component_Size use 8;

Component_Size is only for array types, put it on the array type.

>   for Octet'Bit_Order use System.Low_Order_First;

Bit_Order is only for record types, put that on the record type.

                             Randy.