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From: Florian Weimer <Florian.Weimer@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
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Subject: Re: adasockets and adatypes
Date: 04 Sep 2001 14:17:24 +0200
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"David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:

>> Does anyone know a way of sending an adatype (especially a record of string
>> and enumerated types) down a socket so it can be received by another ada
>> program which recognises the type....

> Make the record a tagged type, and use 'Output to send it
> and 'Input to read it.

This works only if the compiler and architecture are the same on both
ends of the communication channel.