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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: AI12-0218:  What is the portable representation clause for
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 09:09:19 +0100
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> Right. The problem with AI12-0218-1 (besides the fact that no one
> other than the author understands it, and the author has not
> volunteered to help), is that it makes it way too easy to put very
> expensive byte-swapping code into data structures that occur
> everywhere.

Indeed. A project might almost make a rule that types with
representation clauses should only appear in external-interface packages
(and perhaps only in package bodies!)