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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: Cleanest Ada way to do this?
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:48:38 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2014-06-23, Georg Bauhaus <rm-host.bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de> wrote:
> On 23/06/14 08:46, hungupharps@gmail.com wrote:
>> I've got a bitfield representing the LCD data lines and I'm trying then to write bits from a Character into it.
>
> If you know the size of the Character, 8 say, unchecked_conversion
> seems possible, the target type being any 8-bit type that works,
> e.g. a packed array of bits, or an Unsigned_8. The first offering
> slices, the second providing for shifts and masks.
>

Wouldn't a better approach be to start with Character'Pos instead of a
Unchecked_Conversion ?

I'm genuinely curious. I'm wondering if there's something I am missing.

Simon.

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