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From: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>
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Date: 2005-06-14T18:22:54+02:00

Hi Matthew,

> Even if the Integer_Address type is 64 bits, that doesn't necessarily
> mean To_Address will return values > 2**32.  The easiest thing is to do
> is just throw away the upper 32 bits of of the integer value, and then
> convert that to type Hash_Type.

that's exactly what I did, with some tricks to get around RM4.9.34.
 
> ...You might want to post your question on comp.compilers or one of the OS
> newgroups.  This is most probably a solved problem.

I'm sure it is solved.  I had expected solutions to be well known, but
apparently they are not.

Thanks for your help,

Duncan.