Re: Examining individual bytes of an integer

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:

> Matt Borchers <mattborchers@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> of course if it matters, you still have to know the endian to
>> know if Y(1) or Y(4) is the low-order byte of Z.
>
>    case System.Bit_Order is

System.Default_Bit_Order

>       when System.High_Order_First =>
>          ...
>       when System.Low_Order_First =>
>          ...
>    end case;