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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Allocated aligned arrays
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:51:07 +0000
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"jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net" <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net> writes:

> You may specify alignment only for the first subtype of a base type.
> Thus, you may want to define a new type:
>
> type Real is new float;
> for Real'Alignment use 16;

Wouldn't that make arrays of Real rather large?