From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f798c20ee494262a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Amado Alves Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: setting 'Size and unchecked conversion safe here? Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:29:47 +0000 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <676dna1FQuzk2JPfRVn-1Q@comcast.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1108232845 53966 212.85.156.195 (12 Feb 2005 18:27:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:27:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org To: tmoran@acm.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <676dna1FQuzk2JPfRVn-1Q@comcast.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Feb 2005 18:27:06.0803 (UTC) FILETIME=[74F1C030:01C51130] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8291 Date: 2005-02-12T18:29:47+00:00 >>>> I need to store access-to-subprogram values in a 64-bit modular >>>> type. >> That's the container I have to store small values. It's in a database >> system > That database is not persistent from one program execution to the > next, surely. Is there any reason to believe an access to subprogram > P in > one execution has the same 32 bit representation as an access to P in > another execution? No, of course not. The access-to-subprogram values are redefined upon each restart of the system. It's a long story. Basically my PhD. Due in 2006 or 2007. An interim paper will be published in 2005. I'll take the liberty to announce it here.