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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: GNAT.CRC32.Get_Value
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 21:06:05 +0100
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Aurele <aurele.vitali@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all, can someone explain the use of the GNAT.CRC32.Get_Value
> function as it would apply in a typical CRC32 or Checksum
> application. The function returns CRC32 XOR 16FFFF_FFFF# without
> changing the CRC32 value.  Hence, I'm not grasping its full
> meaning/purpose.  Thanks in advance o7

Probably related to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computation_of_cyclic_redundancy_checks#CRC_variants