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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: 'Size hack for enumerated types
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:12:39 +0100
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Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> writes:

> Where in the Reference Manual it is said that Ada enumeration types
> are "equivalent" to C int (=enum) type?

Annex B.1 (http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/12rm/html/RM-B-1.html),

2  The Convention aspect is used to indicate that an Ada entity should
   use the conventions of another language.

21 If the Convention aspect is specified for a type, then the type shall
   either be compatible with or eligible for the specified convention.