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From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
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Subject: Re: Size and pack
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 10:19:52 +0000 (UTC)
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* Vincent Smeets wrote:
>Adrian Hoe wrote:
>>    type Rx_Header_Data is
>>       record
>>          Start_Byte   : Character := Latin_1.STX;
>>          Splitter     : Character;
>>          Command_Byte : Character;
>>          Pad_Byte_1   : Character;
>>          Pad_Byte_2   : Character;
>>          Log_Num      : Interfaces.C.Long;
>>          End_Byte     : Character := Latin_1.ETX;
>>          LRC          : Character;
>>       end record;
>
>Just an other view and a question to CLA,
>
>If you read and write this record thrue a stream, will you then get the
>correct byte layout (with Log_Num at an odd byte)?

I do not see a reason for expecting it. The Implementation may choose to
start with a type marker and than dumps the current memory area.