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Date: 2012-04-12T13:59:58-07:00
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On 04/12/2012 11:58 AM, Adam Beneschan wrote:
>>
>>     type N2 is range 0 .. Integer'Last - 1;
>>     pragma Convention (C, N2);
>>
>> and N2'Size is 31 ...
>
> Yeah, you're right.  But then I don't think your formula would work either:
>
>     type N3 is range 0 .. 2**22 - 1;
>     pragma Convention (C, N3);
>
> and N3'Size is 22.  But what would the sizeof() of the C type be?

Technically, these are subtypes. C doesn't have subtypes. The C types are 
N1'Base and N2'Base, which are both 32 bits.

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Jeff Carter
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