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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Alignment issue
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:01:02 -0600
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"Simon Wright" <simon@pushface.org> wrote in message 
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>I have code like this (written while working on a StackOverflow
> question), and GNAT ignores apparent alignment requests.

I wouldn't have expected Alignment to cause the effect, but when you specify 
representation for a record type, any requirements on the components are can 
be ignored. Perhaps GNAT is taking that somewhat too far??

                          Randy.