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,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c1f101e666189cda X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-23 14:45:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.cs.univ-paris8.fr!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Converting application from BIG ENDIAN to LITTLE ENDIAN machine Date: 23 Apr 2004 17:42:54 -0400 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <89219f7f.0404230750.12f64b28@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1082756586 96313 212.85.156.195 (23 Apr 2004 21:43:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:43:06 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7435 Date: 2004-04-23T17:42:54-04:00 Jacob Sparre Andersen writes: > Claude Riendeau wrote: > > I have to have this large application that was programmed for a BIG > > ENDIAN machine to run on a LITTLE ENDIAN machine. I need to reorder > > all the records BIT definitions (at 0 range 3 .. 12), and I have > > 10000+ lines of code to convert. I'd like to automate this. > > Have you considered simply to use "Bit_Order" to handle this? Take a > look at chapter 13 in the Ada Reference Manual for a formal > description of how it works. Be sure to ask your compiler if it supports this usage, first! Many do not. -- -- Stephe