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On 2014-11-30 14:24, Austin Obyrne wrote:

> 
> But surely the compiler does a bit-by-bit job ?

no

 Year : Integer := 2014;

will compile just as

 YEAR : INTEGER := 2014;

and

 YEAR           : INTEGER               := 2014;

but they are of course different when represented
as files.


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Björn